Schoolgirls In India Discover A New Near-Earth Asteroid

Radhika Lakhani and Vaidehi Vekariya, two 10th grade schoolgirls from Surat, India, have discovered a new asteroid. The object is currently dubbed HLV2514 and has been classed as a near-Earth object (NEO), the class of cosmic bodies that can get dangerously close to our planet. But don't worry, this asteroid is not expected to get anywhere near close to our...