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Indian school students discover 18 new asteroids as part of a global science programme

The International Astronomical Union (IAU), an organisation that assigns official names and designations to celestial bodies, has recently confirmed the discovery of 18 new asteroids by Indian students as part of a global science programme.

NASA has initiated programs like IASC to track such asteroids regularly, also open to citizen scientists and students to enable the discovery and tracking of more asteroids. All the discoverers received Provisional Discovery Certificates from IASC and NASA for their scientific contribution in discovering asteroids.