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6282

Edwelda

11697

Estrella

12088

Macalintal

13241 Biyo

Is an asteroid named in honor of

Filipinos Edwin L Aguirre and Imelda

B. Joson by the International

Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1995.

Isanother asteroid named after Jeric

Valles Macalintal, a Filipino student of

MaSci. It can be found in the main

asteroid belt, between the planets Mars

and Jupiter.

Is named after Allan Noriel Estrella, a Filipino

high school student of Manila Science High

School (MaSci), who won the 2002 Intel

International Science and Engineering Fair

Is named after Dr. Josette Talamera Biyo, a

science teacher of Philippine Science High School

in Ilo-Ilo. Dr. Biyo is the first Asian to bag the

Intel Excellence in Teaching Award in 2002

6636

Kintanar

4866

Badillo

Is an asteroid named after a Filipino

Jesuit and former director of the Manila

Observatory, Father Victor L. Badillo in

2005.

An asteroid circling the Sun between the

orbits of Mars and Jupiter (asteroid belt),

measuring 4 to 9 kilometers in diameter is

named after Dr. Roman Lucero Kintanar

is named after Prem Vilas Fortran M.

Rara, of the Integrated Development

School, Mindanao State University-Iligan

Institute of Technology.

An asteroid will be named after Department of

Science and Technology Merit Scholar Miguel

Arnold Reyes as he bagged the second grand

award in therecently concluded 2011

International Science and En ineerin Fair

Miguel

Arnold Reyes

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Space Rocks

By: Manuel Adrian L. CadiaoWe can rock the universe because

our universe was surrounded by

ASTEROIDS and other space rocks.

ASTEROIDS are small, airless rocky

worlds revolving around the sun that

are too small to be called planets.

Asteroids are small Solar System bodies that

orbit the Sun. Made of rock and metal, they

can also contain organic compounds (some

scientists suggest that asteroids could have

brought they necessary chemicals to start life

on Earth).

Asteroids are similar to comets but do not

have a visible coma (fuzzy outline and tail) like

comets do.

Asteroids are also known as planetoids or

minor planets.

Asteroids vary greatly in size, some feature

diameters as small as ten meters while othersstretch out over hundreds of kilometers. Note

that objects under ten meters in diameter are

generally regarded as meteoroids.

The first asteroid was discovered in 1801 by

Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi. Named

Ceres, it features a diameter of around 950

kilometres and is now regarded as a dwarf

planet. Ceres was given dwarf planet status in

2006, along with Pluto, Eris, Makemake and

Haumea. The asteroid belt lies roughly between the

orbits of Mars and Jupiter in the Solar System.

It is home to a large amount of irregular

shaped asteroids that range in size from dust

through to the dwarf planet Ceres.

About 100,000 asteroids may

exist, but their total mass is only a

few hundredths of the mass of the

Moon. These rocky fragments

range in size from 1 km/0.6 mi to

900 km/560 mi in diameter.

The first asteroid to ever be

discovered was Ceres. It was

discovered in 1801 and is 582miles in diameter.

German astronomer Heinrich

Wilhelm Matthus Olbers

discovered 4 Vesta, the brightest

asteroid and the second-most

massive body in the asteroid belt

in 1807.