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International Astronomical Search Collaboration Discovery Hall of Fame |
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Welcome to the IASC Discovery Hall of Fame!! The students, teachers, and schools listed below have made an asteroid discovery that was numbered and cataloged by the Minor Planet Center (Harvard). This process takes 3-5 years to complete, at which point the asteroid can be officially named. The asteroids below have either been named by the students and teachers or are in the process of being named.
Names are proposed to the International Astronomical Union (IAU). It is this international assembly that officially designates the names of asteroids and other minor planets in the Solar System.
Click on the number of the asteroid discovery. This will link you to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena) and an orbit showing the current location of that discovery.
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Asteroid |
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Students |
Teacher |
School |
Location |
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2007 DQ63 |
Not Named |
J. Sykes, R. Pohll, & A. Lenig |
Dwight Taylor |
South Anchorage HS |
Anchorage, AK |
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2007 DB85 |
Not Named |
Jennifer Jones, Matt Crevier, & Dustin Weiser |
Tom Morin |
Belmont High School |
Plymouth, NH |
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2007 GH2 |
Not Named |
Tomasz Niedzwiedz, Krzysztof Bedkowski, & |
Tomek Skowron |
ZSO nr 7 w Szczecinie |
Szczecinie, Poland |
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Jakub Zaborowski |
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2007 HK16 |
Not Named |
David McNeil |
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University of North Texas |
Denton, TX |
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2007 TX |
Not Named |
Zachary Shiflet & Michael Dam |
Glenn Reagan |
Cordova High School |
Rancho Cordova, CA |
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2007 TY |
Not Named |
Dwight Taylor |
Dwight Taylor |
South Anchorage HS |
Anchorage, AK |
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2007 TK238 |
Not Named |
Yidan Li |
Hughes Pack |
Northfield Mt. Hermon HS |
Mount Hermon, MA |