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High School Sophomores Discover Asteroid

Posted by kdawson on from the october-sky dept.

Several readers sent us the story of three high school sophomores in Racine, Wisconsin who were just notified that a celestial body they had discovered during a science project has been verified as an asteroid. The students at Racine's Prairie School will be given the opportunity to name the asteroid in about four years. They used a telescope in New Mexico, belonging to a college in Michigan, that they controlled over the Net.

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  1. Uhoh by DrXym · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's hope its not called Wolf-Biederman

    1. Re:Uhoh by gsslay · · Score: 5, Funny

      Nope.

      It's going to be called omfg!noob!lol!111 Just so everyone knows how awesome and kewl it is.

  2. Obviously by Smordnys+s'regrepsA · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because they're in high school. If you let them to name the comet now, you'll only get suggestions such as "The Big ASSteroid" or "Your Junk" (I can just hear it now - "Your Junk is soo small, you need a telescope to find it"). I'm sure they're just giving them enough time to mature.

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  3. Re:Why wait 4 years? by rpillala · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's because of the powerful asteroid naming lobby. Or the writer's strike.

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  4. These gaming articles are boring by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yesterday we get "What Was Your First Gaming Experience" and today it's "High School Sophomores Discover Asteroids". So what? Who hasn't played Asteroids?

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  5. Re:This is more common than you'd think by CarAnalogy · · Score: 5, Funny

    404 "Object not found!"

    Does that mean he didn't find any yet?