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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Another feather in the SPACE cap! MBA discovery!!!

Another feather in the SPACE cap!

Vikrant Narang and Mila Mitra from SPACE have made a Main Belt Asteroid Discovery on Oct 29th, as part of the NEO Plus campaign. 
Details from Patrick Miller, Director as below:

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MBA Discovery!! -- IASC

Greetings from the International Astronomical Search Collaboration

Congratulations are in order.  V. Narang & M. Mitra from S.P.A.C.E. in India discovered 2010 UJ98.  This is a Main Belt asteroid discovery made on October 29th.

During the current campaigns, there have been three MBA discoveries...one each from Japan, United States, and India:

Object  Students        School  Location        Date
2010 UR2        Y. Yatsuyanagi  Shizuoka University     Japan   10/17/10
2010 UN8        C. Pannill      Meredith College        NC      10/27/10
2010 UJ98       V. Narang & M. Mitra    S.P.A.C.E.      India   10/29/10

Congratulations to all of you!!

Happy Hunting!!

Dr. Patrick Miller
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