Discover more than 1,300 new asteroids

Through research and analysis of cosmic imagery through telescopes over the past two years, five students from the University of Washington astronomy in Seattle, USA, have discovered more than 1,300 new asteroids. These five student names are: Amy Rose, Amber Almy, Amanjot Singh, Kenza Sigrid Arraki and Kathryn Smith.

Students use computer software to study and analyze data collected from Apache Point Observatory's Sloan telescope telescope, New Mexico state.

According to astronomers, it is not known if any of these asteroids pose a threat to Earth. According to astronomers, the number of newly discovered asteroids accounts for 1/250 of the total number of cosmic objects in the solar system.

The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other organizations are working to find large meteorites that are capable of colliding and destroying all or a large part of life on Earth. . According to experts, the orbits near Earth are potentially dangerous for the planet, because they can change the orbit and hit the Earth at some point and with the most probability determined.

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According to Andrew Becker, assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Washington, while his students are looking for large meteorites, ie fragments of stars that have exploded, outside the solar system, then They discovered the number of asteroids mentioned above.

As a student guide for asteroids hunting, Becker said: 'There is no immediate threat, but in the long run any object that passes through Earth's orbit can hit. to the Earth under certain conditions'.

Harvard University's Asteroid Center has temporarily named new asteroids. The center is collecting more data before officially recognizing this discovery and naming a new asteroid by the names of students who have discovered it.

Five American students discovered more than 1,300 new asteroids.(Photo: msn)

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