- Published: Friday, February 22 2013 06:23
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Please allow time for us to review your submitted content. Schools are selected to participate based primarily on a one-paragraph description of the reasons the teacher and students would like to participate. To allow for geographic diversity in this special GAM2013 global project, no more than one school will be selected from any country. There is no cost to the students or schools.
Last year, 5000 students from 500 schools in more than 60 countries participated in IASC asteroid searches. Since starting in October 2006, 450 asteroids have been discovered, of which 22 have been numbered by the International Astronomical Union (Paris). Numbered asteroids are recorded in the world’s official minor planet catalog and can be named by their student discoverers.
Note: Even if your school is not selected to participate in this special GAM2013 project, it may still be able to participate in any of the 20 or more other asteroid search campaigns IASC organizes throughout the year.
