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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. NEW COMMENT SYSTEM SUCKS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Also, jewdidwc desu desu desu

  2. "that they controlled over the Net" by zig007 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They used a telescope in New Mexico, belonging to a college in Michigan, that they controlled over the Net. I can't believe the fantastic things they can to over the Net these days.
    My mother sent me two packs of kitten litter over the Net last week.
    The Net is truly a useful Net.

    The Net is also a great movie about the Net.

    Did I mention I like referring to the tube- and pipe network as "the Net"?
    --
    Baboons are cute.
  3. Dottie by bradjs · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Nah- they'll name it Dottie 'cause she's a vicious lifesucking bitch from which there is no escape

    1. Re:Dottie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I had a 'boss' named Dottie! But she wasn't really my boss, I worked nights, she worked the day shift.. thank God.

  4. The new comment system IS WORKING! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's bottling up abusive people like you and keeping you swept under the rug where you belong.