Ana Costa

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All-Portugal, All-Venezuela &Target Asteroids! Asteroid Search Campaigns Dec 3, 2013 – Jan 7, 2014

Third and fourth observations of known near-Earth objects allowing  further refinements to their orbit calculations. Object Students School Location Date 2013 TH5 M.Viegas, M.Ricardo, S.Duarte, F.Nunes, M.Neves,R.Neves & L.Alves EB 2,3 Dom Francisco Manuel de Melo Portugal 07-12-2013 2003 SL215 P. Carapito Agrupamento de Escolas de Cister- Alcobaça Portugal 07-12-2013 2013 VV4 J. Coelho, C. …

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All-Portugal, All-Venezuela &Target Asteroids! Asteroid Search Campaigns Dec 3, 2013 – Jan 7, 2014

Second observation of near-Earth objects confirming their existence and refining the calculations of their orbits. Object Students School Location Date 2013 WM45 G. Neves, C. Felício & C. Ferreira Escola Secundária Stuart Carvalhais Portugal 02-12-2013 2013 WP67 T. Cunha, A.Rocha & P.Carneiro Agrupamento de Escolas de Vilar de Andorinho Portugal 02-12-2013 2013 WO67 C. Miranda, …

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Campanha Pan-STARRS de pesquisa de asteroides

A primeira  “Pan-STARRS Asteroid Search campaign” do ano letivo 2013/14 terminou no passado dia 15 de novembro. Nesta campanha participaram 60 equipas constituídas por mais de 60 escolas de vários países da América, Ásia e Europa. Portugal participou com 2 equipas (NUCLIO Asteroid Search Team 1 e NUCLIO Asteroid Search Team 2) , cada uma constituída …

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IASC Target Asteroids! & International Asteroid Search Campaigns Oct 27 – Dec 1, 2013

Second observation of near-Earth objects confirming their existence and refining the calculations of their orbits. Object Students School Location Date 2013 TX135 Y. Ikeda & A. Ishikawa Shizouka University Japan 25-10-2013 2013 TS104 V. Radeva & M. Minev Astronomical Student Society, Shumen University Bulgaria 25-10-2013 2013 UB03 V. Radeva & M. Minev Astronomical Student Society, …

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IASC Target Asteroids! & International Asteroid Search Campaigns Oct 27 – Dec 1, 2013

Third and fourth observations of known near-Earth objects allowing  further refinements to their orbit calculations. Object Students School Location Date 2013 TB6 R.Yaneva, N. Valkov & A. Marinova Foreign Language School “N.Y. Vaptsarov” Bulgaria 25-10-2013 2013 UZ V. Radeva & K. Evtimov Astronomy Youth Club, Astronomical Observatory Bulgaria 25-10-2013 2011 CR42 V. Radeva, A. Bonin …

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IASC Target Asteroids! & International Asteroid Search Campaigns Oct 27 – Dec 1, 2013

Original discoveries of asteroids found in the Main Belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Object Students School Location Status Date Linked 13SFF6 J. E. S. Fonseca & F. B. Ribeiro Grupo M-104 – “Los Sombreros” Brazil Preliminary 25-10-2013 GLS0001 13SFF9 A Anzaldua, J Hansen & S Miller Rock Busters USA-AZ Preliminary 25-10-2013 …

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IASC Asteroid Search Campaign Sept 20 – Oct 25, 2013

Third and fourth observations of known near-Earth objects allowing  further refinements to their orbit calculations. Object Students School Location Date 2013 RR5 F. Gois, D. Seoane, R. Barrios & R. Jiménez Asociación Larense de Astronomía, ALDA Venezuela 22-09-2013 2013 QJ10 J. Guerrero, J. Gil, D. Ramirez & L. Mendoza Complejo de Observación Astronómica Tayabeixo Venezuela …

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IASC Asteroid Search Campaign Sept 20 – Oct 25, 2013

Original discoveries of asteroids found in the Main Belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Object Students School Location Status Date Linked MAUR052 M. Quero, A. Pérez, C. Hernández, A. Nicolacci & N. Flores Colegio Las Colinas Venezuela Preliminary 24-09-2013 CLC0002 MAUR049 D. Machado Escola Secundária Romeu Correia Portugal Preliminary 24-09-2013 AAA0001 MAUR071 …

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IASC Asteroid Search Campaign Sept 20 – Oct 25, 2013

Second observation of near-Earth objects confirming their existence and refining the calculations of their orbits. Object Students School Location Date 2013 QJ10 J. Guerrero, J. Gil, D. Ramirez & L. Mendoza Complejo de Observación Astronómica Tayabeixo Venezuela 23-09-2013 2013 SK00 T. Hernandez, J. Lopez, E. Ponce, D. Prato & G. Guerrero Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador …

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Estão abertas inscrições para a pesquisa de asteroides 2013/2014

Depois de mais um ano letivo repleto de descobertas de asteroides, já confirmadas pelo Minor Planet Center (Harvard): 2012 VM16 J. Vieira, S. Oliveira, M. Batista, B. Soares, I. Costeira, & D. Diaz Escola Secundária D. Maria II Portugal 2012 VL62 T. Cunha, F. Sousa, C. Silva, A. Vieira, & P. Carneiro Escola Básica de …

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