School children from India join global hunt for asteroids

90 teams, of 2 participants each per team, from across the country have been selected for the programme that begins on June 27. AFP PHOTO.
Discovering a new planet or having an extra-terrestrial object like an asteroid named after them perhaps tops the wishlist of many astronomy enthusiasts, including school students.
Over the past 6 years, several amateur astronomers and students from across the country have made discoveries facilitated by city-based organisation SPACE under its education