ENCONTRAMOS UN NUEVO ASTEROIDE

Buenas noticias astronómicas: alumnos/as del IES Daute Los Silos son los primeros en observar un posible asteroide. Ya tenemos otro descubrimiento provisional realizado en el curso 2018-19.

Ahora a esperar nuevos datos de seguimiento para su confirmación. Y dentro de unos años podrán ponerle nombre al asteroide.

Enhorabuena Airam, Bruno y Valeria actualmente en 1ºBACH, pero que realizaron su detección el curso pasado como actividad de FYQ 4ºESO.

Aquí reproduzco la comunicación recibida desde el IASC:

De: «Patrick Miller» <iascsearch@hsutx.edu>
Para: «Patrick Miller» <iascsearch@hsutx.edu>
Enviados: Miércoles, 29 de Abril 2020 22:12:54
Asunto: April-May 2019 Provisional Discovery – IASC

Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration

Provisional Discoveries

Congratulations to your citizen scientists on their Provisional discovery from the April-May 2019 campaign!

A preliminary discovery is the first, original observation of new asteroid. The asteroid must be observed a second time within the next 7-10 days. If it is, then the discovery is changed to provisional status by the Minor Planet Center (MPC). Asteroid discoveries with provisional status are maintained in the MPC database for many years, until there have been a sufficient number of observations to fully determine the orbit. That process typically takes 6-10 years, at which point the asteroid is numbered and cataloged by the International Astronomical Union. Numbered asteroids can be named by their citizen scientist discoverers.

Happy Hunting!!

Cassidy Davis
IASC CoordinatorDepartment of Mathematics
Holland School of Science & Mathematics
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene, TX 79698

iascsearch@hsutx.edu

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IASC («Isaac») is a collaboration of Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, TX), Lawrence Hall of Science (University of California at Berkeley), Global Hands-On Universe Association (Portugal), Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (University of Hawaii), Tarleton State University (Stephenville, TX), The Faulkes Telescope Project (Wales), Yerkes Observatory (Williams Bay, WI), Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY), Las Cumbres Observatory (Santa Barbara, CA), G.V. Schiaparelli Astronomical Observatory (Italy), Catalina Sky Survey (University of Arizona), and Astrometrica (Austria). Special project collaborations include China Hands-On Universe (Beijing), Astronomers Without Borders (United States), Space Generation Advisory Council (Vienna, Austria), Haus der Astronomie (Heidelberg, Germany), Target Asteroids! (University of Arizona, Tucson), NOJUM Magazine (Iran), Dark Energy Survey (University of Michigan), NUCLIO (Portugal), Asociacion Larense de Astronomia (Venezuela), Clube de Astronomia Louis Cruls (Brazil), Center for Theoretical Physics (Polish Academy of Sciences), National Astronomical Observatory of Bulgaria (Rozhen), Nepal Astronomical Society (Nepal), and the Astronomical Research Institute (Sri Lanka).