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There have been 6 Provisonal discoveries throughout the campaign

 

one of them was is done by P. Sharma, A. Garg, & S. Wadhwa from the Astronomicans - Team II in India made the preliminary discovery of TOV4DQ. This discovery has been upgraded to provisional status and redesignated as 2011 QH8.



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Delhi students discover new asteroid

Two Delhi students have made history by discovering a new asteroid as part of a unique astronomy project connected to US space agency NASA. The duo will also get an opportunity to name the asteroid.
Vaibhav Sapra and Sharanjeet Singh, Class 12 students of Bal Bharati Public School in Pitampura, discovered a main belt asteroid (2011 QM14) this month as part of the All India Asteroid Search Campaign (AIASC). About 60 schools from across India participated.

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