Surat Girls Discovered a Near Earth Asteroid | Under all India Asteroid Search Campaign 2020.
- Wings Of Youth
- Jul 30, 2020
- 1 min read
Date 29th July 2020 | Surat, India.
VAIDEHI VEKARIYA SANJAYBHAI and RADHIKA LAKHANI PRAFULBHAI, two students of P.P. SAVANI CHAITANYA VIDYA SANKUL (CBSE), SURAT, GUJRAT, INDIA discovered a new Asteroid which is named HLV2514. It is a near-Earth object (NEO) which is currently near the planet Mars, and over time (~10^6 years) will evolve into an Earth-crossing asteroid.
In a "discovery alert" post, the body wrote that Vaidehi and Radhika had discovered a near earth object (NEO) that is presently near the planet Mars. It also said that the HLV2514 will "over time (~10^6 years)" evolve into an "Earth-crossing asteroid".
In order to make the discovery, the students had used the Pan Starrs telescope in Hawaii. This advanced telescope takes images of the asteroid with its high-grade CCD cameras, and higher Field of View. With its advanced camera settings, the telescope is extremely suited to see fainter objects out in the space.
NASA acknowledged the girls' rare asteroid discovery and sent a confirmation mail across, a report in TOI stated.
Wishes and congratulatory messages for the girls outpoured on social media with many Facebook users commenting on the welcome deed. While one comment read: "Congratulations. Proud moment for us"; another comment read: "Proud work girls".
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