Venezuelan boy discovers asteroid.

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Venezuelan boy discovers asteroid.



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A Venezuelan boy Miguel Rojas is 13 years old, but despite being 13 years old he has discovered an asteroid this boy lives in the state of Lara in Venezuela and has been recognized by NASA as the discoverer of an asteroid that peacefully orbits the sun between mars and jupiter.



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The discovery was made in April 2021, these things in astronomy go slowly and a lot of data has to be confirmed, at the moment the temporary name is 2021GG40, although Miguel Rojas could give it another name that must be approved at the end by the astronomical union international when more data on the orbital characteristics and size of this asteroid are discovered.



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This is the accreditation they have been given, not everyone manages to discover an asteroid and it is really very nice to see that such young people are so passionate about astronomy, this discovery was achieved by Miguel through the C1-130 orbit program that is dedicated to early identification, diagnosis, tutoring, and specialized comprehensive assistance for children and youth with high abilities, high performance, and giftedness.



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This organization was the one that invited Miguel to participate through the international astronomical search campaign, a campaign sponsored by NASA and which basically consists of searching the images taken by the Pan-STARRS telescope, which belongs to the University of Hawaii. look for things that are out of the ordinary and that could be precisely asteroids for example.


What anyone who participates in this program has to do is write down in a report all the abnormal data that they find in those images from the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope and then that report is reviewed by a professional astronomer and it is at that moment when they are determines whether or not a new asteroid has been discovered.





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The search for asteroids requires of a lot of citizen scientists, it is a great experience. I participated once in a campaign, but sadly I could not find anything.
If any of you wants to give it a try, you can subscribe in the link below, many eyes are needed to catch more asteriods!
http://iasc.cosmosearch.org/

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That is correct, there are not many eyes looking up, that could change when an event occurs and people take notice, thanks for the link.

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