Yamunanagar young scientists discover six early asteroids

Haryana Science & Technology

04-Aug-21

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Three young scientists and entrepreneurs of Yamunanagar have discovered six early asteroids under the International Asteroid Search Project 2021.
Now, NASA will study these early asteroids in detail, determining orbit, size, speed, among other details.
After NASA’s study, they will be given an official name, for which these three young scientists will be consulted too.
The six asteroids identified have been temporarily named P11hDB1, P11Hffu, P11Hfg4, P11hPe1, P11hp73, and P11hRXo, said Sourabh Kaushal, who is a member of the team ‘Smartcircuits Innovation’ and the other members of the team are Sachin Sharma and Raghav Sharma.
Their findings were up on the International Astronomy Search Collaboration (IASC) site.
The International Asteroid Discovery Project was conducted by IASC as part of a NASA citizen science project, which gave researchers the opportunity to explore real astronomical data and look for asteroids.
NASA has a special telescope in Hawaii, which took pictures of the sky at regular intervals and as part of this programme, those photographs were sent to the participants.
In the project, the 134 teams from India and across the globe analysed the high-quality astronomical data provided by IASC, a scientific programme for researchers to discover asteroids and near-earth objects (NEO).
According to Smartcircuits Innovation team, asteroids are small rocks and objects in the solar system that pose a threat to the earth.
NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory work with programmes such as IASC to identify and track asteroids to circumvent any calamity related to asteroids.