The Ceres Connection is a cooperative program between
MIT's
Lincoln Laboratory and the
Society for Science and the Public dedicated to promoting science education. It names
asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
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s discovered under the
LINEAR project after teachers and contesting students who performed outstandingly in the following Society for Science and the Public competitions: the
Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, the
Intel Science Talent Search, the
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
Since 2002, over 200 asteroids are named each year through this program.
See also
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Naming of asteroids
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Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
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Society for Science and the Public
External links
Official page
Asteroids
Science competitions
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