Two Indian schoolgirls have discovered an asteroid which is slowly shifting its orbit and moving towards Earth.
Radhika Lakhani stands on the left with her project partner Vaidehi Vekariya. They discovered an asteroid which is slowly shifting its orbit and moving towards Earth. Radhika Lakhani and Vaidehi Vekariya, both studying in Grade 10, were working on a school project when they discovered the asteroid, which they named HLV2514.
Aakash Dwivedi, senior educator and astronomer at Space India, told CNN that students across India were taught how to spot the celestial bodies using software which analyzes images collected by NASA's PAN Star telescope. Students then searched for moving objects in the pictures. "We started the project in June and we sent back our analysis a few weeks ago to NASA. On July 23, they sent us an email confirming that we had identified a near Earth object," Vekariya, who is 15 years old, told CNN.
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