Indian teenagers discover asteroid near Mars moving toward Earth – USA TODAY

• The asteroid is slowly shifting in its orbit near the red planet and is moving toward Earth
• The asteroid will be officially christened only after NASA confirms its orbit.
• The girls used specialized software to analyze the images snapped by the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii

Two teenage schoolgirls in India discovered an asteroid near Mars, a space education institute in India reported recently.
The two girls, Vaidehi Vekariya and Radhika Lakhani, both 14 and in …

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