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Jul 28, 2020

Indian schoolgirls discover asteroid moving toward Earth

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The 10th graders were working on a school project when they discovered the asteroid, which is slowly shifting its orbit and moving towards Earth.


Two Indian schoolgirls have discovered an asteroid which is slowly shifting its orbit and moving toward Earth.

Radhika Lakhani and Vaidehi Vekariya, both studying in 10th grade, were working on a school project when they discovered the asteroid, which they named HLV2514.

The girls, from the city of Surat in the western Indian state of Gujarat, were participating in a Space India and NASA project, which allows students to analyze images taken by a telescope positioned at the University of Hawaii.

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