Introduction
Recently, Nepalese team succeeded to find out new asteroids
in Solar System. They have given names of asteroids – P-10 YLF 9, P-10 YKXH, P-10
YKZ 5, P-10 YOPZ, P-10 YOQ and P-10 YPZ. These names will be renamed by Hawaii
University and NASA. The participating teams were provided the photos that were
taken by the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS)
based in Hawaii, USA along with necessary software and instructions.
The teams found nine asteroids based on the photos and sent
it to the US mainland. It will take a few years for the research to be
verified. The students from Celebration Co-Ed School in Kathmandu, teachers and
students from Pokhara’s Prithvinarayan Campus, and club members from Nepal
Astronomical Society (NASO) took part in the search campaign.
The participating teams had analyzed 180,000 moving masses of
rock in the data provided by Pan-STARRS which currently operates two telescopes
of 1.8 meters.
Analysis and Way Forward
Government of Nepal and
private sector of Nepal should focus on fostering the talent of Nepalese young
scientist for more rigorous research. Government should provide adequate
platform, budget, programs and environment to develop science and technology
including meteorology in Nepal. Moreover Government should support the plan
from Nepali enthusiastic such as Mahabir Pun for the development of Science and Technology as well as new
innovation. Furthermore Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) should
keenly pay attention upon this finding new asteroids for further enhancement of
sustainable innovation by Nepali scientists.
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