November 2007
Congratulations
to Thomas Jefferson High School for their recent asteroid
discovery: K07VI5N A. Mc Cormack, S. Salino and P.
Rupinen
Congratulations to Dwight Taylor and his student
B. Landals from South Anchorage High School in Alaska.
They recovered 2006 JX, an Amor-type NEO, and have
been published by the Minor Planet Center. Minor Planet
Electronic Circular - http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K07/K07W10.html
7 Dec 2007 — Successful Campaign!
From: Patrick Miller
Teachers and students have successfully
completed the Fall 2007 IASC search campaigns. There
were a total of 38 new Main Belt asteroids discovered,
with 2 more waiting to be announced....2007 VSK1 and
2007 WG00.
There were 24 schools
participating from 7 countries (Germany, Italy, Japan,
Morocco, Poland, Portugal, and United States)...15
were high schools and 9 were colleges. The Spring 2008
campaigns start on February 1, 2008, will include a
total 9 countries including China and Russia.
Asteroids Discoverers
* 2007 TW00 H. Chun, Cranston HS East (RI)
* 2007 TK01 D. Taylor, South Anchorage HS (AK)
* 2007 TJ01 J. Davis Hardin-Simmons Univ. (TX)
* 2007 TY04 Bedkowski, Dziedzic, Niedzwiedz, Skowron;
ZSO HS (Poland)
* 2007 TX00 Z. Shiflet & M Dam, Cordova HS (CA)
* 2007 TY00 D. Taylor, South Anchorage HS (AK)
* 2007 TF22 C. Hafey, Brookhaven College (TX)
* 2007 TO38 H. Bourhrous, Al Akhawayn Univ. (Morocco)
* 2007 TZ00 Czacki HS (Poland)
* 2007 TW04 Broad Run HS (VA)
* 2007 TX04 McClendon, Sriram, & Brooks; Meredith
College (NC)
* 2007 TN15 Pack & Li, Northfield Hermon HS (MA)
* 2007 TO15 Sato, Sugiyama, & Takayanagi, Shizuoka
Univ. (Japan)
* 2007 TW15 M. Doenhoefer, TUMLab Deutsches Museum
(Germany)
* 2007 TX15 H. Bourhrous, Al Akhawayn Univ. (Morocco)
* 2007 TA16 Mountain View College (TX)
* 2007 TF22 C. Hafey, Brookhaven College (TX)
* 2007 TO38 H. Bourhrous, Al Akhawayn Univ. (Morocco)
* 2007 TS70 Sato, Sugiyama, & Takayanagi, Shizuoka
Univ. (Japan)
* 2007 TU70 B. Schmidt, Meredith College (NC)
* 2007 TN73 Z. Shiflet, Cordova HS (CA)
* 2007 TC73 Y. Li, Northfield Hermon HS (MA)
* 2007 TPZ3 Y. Li, Northfield Hermon HS (MA)
* 2007 TZH2 Jones, Dampier, & Morin, Belmont HS
(NH)
* 2007 TYH2 T. Niedzwiedz, ZSO HS (Poland)
* 2007 TJN8 C. Hafey, Brookhaven College (TX)
* 2007 UR14 H. Chun, Cranston HS East (RI)
* 2007 TDU5 Jagielski, Hyjek, Wronka, & Zielinska,
G11 Torun (Poland)
* 2007 UQ14 H. Bourhrous, Al Akhawayn Univ. (Morocco)
* 2007 TZM9 Jones, Dampier, & Morin, Belmont HS
(NH)
* 2007 TEU5 McClendon, Sriram, & Brooks; Meredith
College (NC)
* 2007 TKN8 Y. Li, Northfield Hermon HS (MA)
* 2007 TFU5 McClendon, Sriram, & Brooks; Meredith
College (NC)
* 2007 TTW0 C. Hafey, Brookhaven College (TX)
* 2007 UO14 Mountain View College (TX)
* 2007 VB00 Urbanksi, Urbanski, Stanczak, & Zielinski
(Poland)
* 2007 VA00 C. Hafey, Brookhaven College (TX)
* 2007 VIN5 McCormack, Salino, & Rupinen; Thomas
Jefferson HS (VA)
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