Young minds in India are really being ignited and achieving enlightenment, especially in the field of scientific research.<br />”<br />”May it be Atal Tinkering Labs established in various schools or non-profit organizations like Kalam Center the young students are getting the right backup they needed.<br />”<br />”Two such girls from a school near Pune recently found six small planets in a joint global project.<br />”<br />”AIR correspondent reports, the two girl students, Arya Pulate and Shreya Waghmare have really touched the sky and found six small planets.<br />”<br />”Kalam Center, a non-profit organization and International Astronomical Search Collaboration had organized a mission to find small planets.<br />”<br />”These two girls were part of this search mission along with 22 others at world level.<br />”<br />”All of them glued their eyes to the sky between 9th November and 3rd December and came up with in all new 27 small plants.<br />”<br />”Out of them 6 small plants were credited to these two girls who belong to Vikhe Patil School, Lohegaon at Pune.<br />”<br />”The selected students were given training in analyzing position between orbits of Mars and Jupiter and possible small plants near to the Earth.<br />”<br />”And these two girls were successful in locating six small plants situated between the orbits of planet Mars and Jupiter.<br />”<br />”The team, named SLV III, got practice image sets taken by Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) located at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, US. Subsequently, they received real-time images of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, in which they had to locate moving objects.<br />”<br />”The preliminary discoveries are initial observations of the celestial rocks found in the Main Belt between the Mars and Jupiter orbits.<br />”<br />”These need further confirmation to go to Provisional status, which usually takes up to 5 years, after which the asteroid can officially be catalogued by Minor Planet Center, International Astronomical Union (IAU).<br />”<br />”Founder of Kalam Center Shrijanpal Singh said that the discovery is very important in nature both for the students and the center.<br />”Former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam had said that -Ignited mind of the youth is the most powerful resource on the Earth, above the Earth and under the Earth.<br />”<br />”<span style="color: #222222;">Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Centre for Livable Planet Earth and Sustainable Development was established in 2015 to continue on the vision and works of Dr. Kalam. Manoj Kshirsagar, for Parikrama, Pune.</span><br />
News On AIR | December 24, 2020 2:22 PM | Pune girls find six small planets in joint global project
Two Pune girls find six small planets in joint global project