Over the span of 11 successful years, SPACE provided this opportunity to more than 2000 participants across India, which has resulted in several achievements and discoveries, for the first time by the Indian school children. Through the training provided by SPACE to Indian students, I have achieved a remarkable number of 2 Numbered Asteroid Discovery, 69 Provisional Discoveries of Asteroids, 7203 Preliminary Discoveries of Asteroids, 62 Near-Earth Object Confirmations and 1636 Near-Earth Object Observations and 2 Special Discoveries

All India Asteroid Search Campaign, a unique and exclusive International platform created by SPACE for Indian students and amateur astronomers across India since 2010.

SPACE conducts this campaign across India, in association with International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) conducted by Dr. Patrick Miller of Hardin Simmons University, the USA as an educational outreach program.

The students will be specially trained to search asteroids in the Main Belt Asteroid through advanced data analysis and specially designed software.

In AIASC 2020, students will access the real-time data from the ‘Pan Starrs’ (The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) Telescope, located at Hawaii, USA. They use a 1.8 m (60 inch) telescope to survey the sky to look for asteroids, comets and Near-Earth Objects (NEO).

The Campaign enables the students and amateurs to get exclusive access to astronomy images, which are otherwise not accessible till the postgraduate level, and they get training in advanced data analysis and software as well as interact with international scientists, all of which builds up to an invaluable real-time research experience. Through this campaign, students have made confirmed discoveries of Main Belt Asteroids and important observations that contribute to the NASA Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, CA).

We are proud to announce, All India Asteroid Search Campaign 2020 with 500 teams in total, 250 teams will participate in two phases.

  • Phase I – June 12 to July 10, 2020
  • Phase II – July 13 to August 10, 2020

SPACE will conduct workshops to start each phase and to guide the participants in downloading the data and using the specialized software to find the asteroids.

SPACE is now accepting applications for our premier programme AIASC 2020

All applications will be saved in a waiting list, and priority will be given on a 1st come 1st served basis.

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Disclaimer: Register with a partner as team of 2 is required. Selection in AIASC 2020 is at the discretion of SPACE India, and on a first-come-first-served basis. New participants and registrations will be given preference.

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HALL OF FAME

2019

  • 2nd NUMBERED ASTEROID DISCOVERY:

The Provisional Asteroid Discovery of AIASC 2013, made by Mr. Gaurav Pati and Mr. Shourya Chambialm from Amity International School, Pushp Vihar, Delhi, object designation 2013 LS28, is now waiting to be officially numbered. This object has now been cataloged by the Minor Planet Center, International Astronomical Union (IAU).

2 Numbered Asteroid Discovery,

56 Provisional Discoveries of Asteroids,

7203 Preliminary Discoveries of Asteroids,

62 Near-Earth Object Confirmations

1636 Near-Earth Object Observations and

2 Special Discoveries.

  • Provisional DISCOVERY 2019:

2010-2018

  • 1st NUMBERED ASTEROID DISCOVERY:

The Provisional Asteroid Discovery of AIASC 2010, made by Mr. Amanjot Singh & Mr. Sahil Wadhwa of Ryan International School, Rohini, object designation 2010 PO24, is now officially numbered as 414774 (2010 PO24), eligible for naming and cataloged by International Astronomical Union (IAU).

1 Numbered Asteroid Discovery

56 Provisional Discoveries of Asteroids

2 Special Discoveries of 1 Trojan & 1 Virtual Impactor Object: A rare Trojan asteroid in the year 2011, which is hard to observe as they are further and sparser, lying not in the Main Asteroid Belt but in Jupiter’s orbit and 1 Virtual Impactor Object.

4388 Preliminary Discoveries of Asteroids

62 NEO Confirmations

1636 NEO Observations

2018

4 Provisional Discoveries

  1. Kashish Sharma & Ujjwal Singla, Ryan International School, Sector- 31, Gurugram

(2018 NU10 is the provisional name of the asteroid, derived from object P10Ik6o which was the preliminary name, by U. Singla & K. Sharma, Ryan International School Sector 31 – Gurgaon, India Provisional, 07/10/18, original name as listed by students was RIS0034)

  1. Ranveer Singh & Saransh Bansal, DAV Public School, Sarabha Nagar Extension, Ludhiana

(2018 NY10 is the provisional name of the asteroid, derived from object P10Ik85 which was the preliminary name, by R. Singh & S. Bansal, DAV Public School- Sarabha NGR Extension, Ludhiana, India Provisional, 07/10/18, original name as listed by students was DAV0004)

  1. Pratham Gupta & Jagriti Goel, O P Jindal Modern School, Hisar, O P Jindal Marg, Hisar

(2018 NS10 is the provisional name of the asteroid, derived from object P10IjZx which was the preliminary name, by P. Gupta & J. Goel, O P Jindal Modern School-Hisar, India Provisional 07/10/18, original name as listed by students was OPJ0013)

  1. Sachin Bahmba & Shalini Bahmba, SPACE India – Group 9, Delhi

(2018 NA9 is the provisional name of the asteroid, derived from object P10Ik9F which was the preliminary name, by S. Bahmba & S. Bahmba, SPACE India - Group 9, India Provisional 7/10/18, original name as listed by students was SSB3443)

2017
3 Provisional Discoveries
    • Yash Kumar & Khushi Rana, The Indian Heights School-Dwarka, New Delhi
2017 MU is the provisional name of the asteroid, derived from object P10BDkd which was the preliminary name, by Y. Kumar & K. Rana ,The Indian Heights School-Dwarka New Delhi, India Provisional, 6/21/2017, original name as listed by students was TIH0002)
    • P.K. Sudharshan & S. Mahadevan, Srimad Andavan Arts and Science College-Trichy, Tamilnadu
(2017 NC6 is the provisional name, derived from P10BODB Preliminary name, by P.K. Sudharshan & S. Mahadevan, Srimad Andavan Arts and Science College-Trichy Tamilnadu, India, Provisional, 07/15/17, original name as listed by students was RSS3845)
    • Vardaan Chopra & Harsh Vashishtha, St. Thomas School-Sector 19 Dwarka, Delhi
(2017 OE3 is the provisional name, derived from P10BRd3 Preliminary Name, by V. Chopra & H. Vashishtha, St. Thomas School-Sector 19 Dwarka Delhi, India , Provisional, 07/22/17, original name by students was MSM0007) Phase 1 288 Preliminary Discovery? Phase 2 241 Preliminary Discovery? 2016 33 Provisional Discoveries 1389 Preliminary Discoveries 2 Provisional Discoveries each to their credit
  • D. Agarwal & D. Tyagi of G.D. Goenka Public School-Sector 9 Rohini
  • D. Gupta & D. Jain of Salwan Public School-Sector 15, Gurgaon
  • A. Kumar & O. Pathak of Sri Venkateshwara International School-Sector 18 Dwarka
  • Rushil & G. Sandeep of Ryan International School-Greater Noida
  • P. Garella & K. Bhargava of Amity Institute of Applied Sciences, Amity University, Noida
  • R. Vishweshwar & R. Vishwath of Hiranandani Upscale School, Egattur Chennai
  • Y. Jakhmola & A. Pandita of Sapphire International School, Sector 70 Noida

1 Provisional Discovery to their credit
  • R. Tanwar & G. Joshi of Sachdeva Global School-Dwarka, New Delhi
  • L. Dudeja & A. Dhawan of Ryan International School-Sohna Road Gurgaon, Haryana
  • L. Jain & S. Vashist of Bal Bharati Public School-Gangaram Hospital Marg, New Delhi
  • K. Jain & I. Singh of Delhi Public School, Sector-81, Faridabad, Haryana
  • P. Iyer & S. Chopra of ASN Senior Secondary School-Mayur Vihar, Phase 1, New Delhi
  • S. Mohakud & R. Laxman of Bal Bharati Public School-Noida
  • A. Ranjan & Y. Jha of Delhi Public School-Sector 132 Noida
  • M. Manocha & D. Lakhanpal of G D Goenka Public School-Sector 48 Gurgaon
  • N. Jain & H. Singh of ITL Public School-Dwarka
  • A. S. Ramola & S. Singh of The Indian Heights School-Dwarka
  • M. Ibrahimi & P. Thareja of JBM Global School-Noida
  • U. Singh & M. Dudeja of KIIT World School-Pitampura
  • P. Narang & M. Agarwal of Manav Rachna International School-Sector 51, Gurgaon
  • M. Gupta & A. Verma of Presidium School-Indirapuram Ghaziabad
  • A. Agrawal & K. Arvind of The Khaitan School-Sector 40 Noida
  • A. B. Dixit & D. Deshpande of Lotus Valley School, Sector 126 Noida
  • M. Sivamagadev & T. Kishore Kumar of Shri Natesan Vidyasala Matric Hr. Sec. School, Chennai
2015
  • Aakash H. Nair and Saumya Aggarwal, Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya, Rishabdev District, Udaipur has made Provisional Discovery of the object designation MAUR 870 on August 7, 2015.
2014
  • Aryan Mishra & Keertivardhan Kukreti, Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vasant Vihar, asteroid designated 2014 OO372 on July 24, 2014
  • Akshat Sharma & Kshitij Jindal, Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, asteroid designated 2014 OU6 on July 25, 2014
2013
  • Gaurav Pati & Shourya Chambial, Amity International School, Pushp Vihar, New Delhi, asteroid designated 2013 LS28 on June 11, 2013
  • Balachandra Routhu & Ayush Gupta, Ryan International School, Sohna Road, Gurgaon, asteroid designated 2013 PR on July 8, 2013
2012
  • Pratham Alag & Rishabh Jain, Delhi Public School, RK Puram, New Delhi, asteroid designated 2012 PC6 on August 11, 2012
  • Shubham Sharma & Mayank Sharma, DAV Centenary Public School, asteroid designated 2012 OH3 on July 17, 2012
  • Sahil Wadhwa & Akshay Gupta, Astronomican I Team, asteroid designated 2012 OA3 on July 20, 2012
2011
  • Pragya Chawla & Aparajita Aggarwal, Bal Bharti Public School, Rajinder Nagar, asteroid designated 2011 MV9 on July 26, 2011
  • Chintan Betrabet & Umang Bhatia, Ryan International School, Sohna Rd, Gurgaon, asteroid designated 2011 MP4 on June 30, 2011
  • Trushit Makwana & Naval Koralkar, Coinstar – Inst. of Chemical Engineering, asteroid designated 2011 AP4 on August 8 2011
  • Prafull Sharma, Amol Garg & Sahil Wadhwa, Astronomicans Group, asteroid designated 2011 QH8 on August 8, 2011
  • Vaibhav Sapra & Sharanjeet Singh, Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, asteroid designated 2011 QM14 on August 26, 2011
  • Akshit Mathur & Kartik Ranjan, Navy Children School, Chankayapuri, asteroid designated 2011 QT26 on August 30, 2011
2010
  • Amanjot Singh & Sahil Wadhwa, Ryan International School, Rohini, 2 asteroids designated 2010 PO24 & 2010 PL26 on August 6, 2010
  • Tanmay Paranjape, Vikrant Narang & Priyanka Srivastava, SPACE 2, Delhi, 2 asteroids designated 2010 PU57 & 2010 PV57 on August 8, 2010

AIASC 2019 Phase 2 Data Sets

AIASC 2019 Phase 2 Data Sets available here in your respective folders.

Abhinav Global School Dashrath Puri Delhi Loyola ICAM College of Engineering and Technology Chennai
AIT Delhi Maharishi Vidya Mandir Chetpet Chennai
Amity International School Noida Delhi Meenakhsi College For Women Chennai
Amity International School Sec 46 Gurgaon Mount Abu Public School Rohini Delhi
Amity International School Bharuch Mujaddid Alfesani Education Trust Surat
Amity School Bharuch Group-1 Nathella Vidyodaya Ambattur Chennai
Amity School Bharuch Group-2 National Victor Public School Patparganj Delhi
Amity School Bharuch Group-3 O P Jindal Modern School Hisar
Amity School Bharuch Group-4 Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Sr Sec School Chennai
Amity School Bharuch Group-5 Prakhar Jain
Amity School Bharuch Group-6 Presidium School Gurugram
Astronomica 1 Prince Dr K Vasudevan College of Engineering and Technology Chennai
Astronomica 2 Prudence School Sector 16B Dwarka
Astronomica 3 Prudence School Sector 23 Dwarka Delhi
Astronomica 4 Queen's Valley School Dwarka Delhi
Astronomica 5 Rajalakshmi Engineering College Chennai
Astronomica 6 Rajasthan Technical University Kota
Astroport Team 1 Rukmini Devi Public School Pitampura Delhi
Astroport Team 2 Ryan International School Dasna Ghaziabad
Astroport Team 3 Ryan International School Noida Ext
Astroport Team 4 Ryan International School Sector 31 Gurgaon
Astroport Team 5 Ryan International School Sector 40 Gurgaon
Astroport Team 6 Sachdeva Global School Sec 18a Dwarka Delhi
Astroport Team 7 Sachdeva Public School Rohini
Astroport Team 8 Sarvottam International School Noida
Astroport Team 9 Sharda University Team 1
Astroport Team 10 Sharda University Team 2
AVB Public School Delhi Team 1 Sherwood Hall Senior Secondary School Chennai
AVB Public School Delhi Team 2 Shree Swaminarayan Academy Surat
AVB Public School Patparganj Delhi Sindhi Model Senior Secondary School Chennai
Bal Bharati Public School Ganga Ram Hospital Marg Delhi Sipna College of Engineering Amravati
Bal Bharati Public School Manesar Gurugram Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Navsari Zarthosti Madresa Navsari Group-1
Bal Bharati Public School Pitampura Team 1 Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Navsari Zarthosti Madresa Navsari Group-2
Bal Bharati Public School Pitampura Team 2 Smt L.P. Savani Vidhya Bhavan Surat
Bal Bharati Public School Pitampura Team 3 Smt. V. D. Desai Wadiwala High School Surat
Bhagwan Parshuram Institute Of Technology SPACE Chennai Team 1
Bidhannagar College SPACE Chennai Team 2
Billabong High Internationtal School Noida Delhi Space Surat Team-1
Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Institute of Technology Space Surat Team-2
Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Institute of Technology Almoda Uttarakhand SPACE Team 1
Blue Bells Public School Sector 10 Gurugram SPACE Team 2
Chanderbala Modi Academy Ankleshwar SPACE Team 3
College of Engineering Guindy Chennai SPACE Team 4
CPS Global School Anna Nagar Chennai SPACE Team 5
DAV Centenary Public School Paschim Enclave Delhi SPACE Team 6
DAV Public School Sector 49 Gurugram SPACE Team 7
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College Team 1 SPACE Team 8
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College Team 2 SPACE Team 9
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College Team 3 SPACE Team 10
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College Team 4 SPACE Team 11
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College Team 5 SPACE Team 12
Delhi Public School Bharuch SPACE Team 13
Delhi Public School Nashik SPACE Team 14
Delhi Public School R K Puram Delhi SPACE Team 15
Delhi Public School Sector 102 A Dwarka SPACE Team 16
Delhi Public School Sector 132 Noida Springdales School Pusa Road
Delhi Public School Sector 45 Gurugram SRM Public School Guduvanchery Chennai
Delhi Technological University St Francis De Sales School Janakpuri Delhi
Dept of Physics Panjab University Team 1 St. Mark's Higher Secondary School Surat
Dept of Physics Panjab University Team 2 St. Mary's School Dwarka Delhi
Devi Academy Senior Secondary School Chennai St.Xavier's High School Surat Group-1
Divine Public School Navsari Group-1 St.Xavier's High School Surat Group-2
Divine Public School Navsari Group-2 Tagore International School Vasant Vihar Delhi Team 1
Divine Public School Navsari Group-3 Tagore International School Vasant Vihar Delhi Team 2
Don Bosco High School Matunga Tapti Valley International School Surat Group-1
Don Bosco School Of Excellence Egmore Chennai Tapti Valley International School Surat Group-2
DPS Greater Faridabad The Indian Heights School Sector-23 Dwarka Team 1
DPS International School Sector 6 Pushp Vihar Delhi The Indian Heights School Sector-23 Dwarka Team 2
DPS Sec 19 Faridabad The Indian Heights School Sector-23 Dwarka Team 3
G.D. Goenka Public School Model Town Team 1 The Maurya School Palam Vihar Gurugram
G.D. Goenka Public School Model Town Team 2 The Millennium School Surat
G.D. Goenka Public School Model Town Team 3 University of Mumbai
G.D. Goenka Public School Model Town Team 4 University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
G.D.Goenka Public School Sector-48 Gurugram Team 1 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 1
G.D.Goenka Public School Sector-48 Gurugram Team 2 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 2
GD Goenka Public School Paschim Vihar Team 1 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 3
GD Goenka Public School Paschim Vihar Team 2 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 4
GD Goenka Public School Paschim Vihar Team 3 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 5
Genesis Global School Noida UPES Infinity Space Club Team 6
GNA University Phagwara Punjab UPES Infinity Space Club Team 7
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashtha University UPES Infinity Space Club Team 8
Hindustan International school Karapakkam Chennai UPES Infinity Space Club Team 9
Indirapuram Public School Indirapuram UPES Infinity Space Club Team 10
J. B. Diamond & Karp Impex Vidya Sankul Surat Group-1 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 11
J. B. Diamond & Karp Impex Vidya Sankul Surat Group-2 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 12
J. B. Diamond & Karp Impex Vidya Sankul Surat Group-3 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 13
JBM Global School Noida Team 1 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 14
JBM Global School Noida Team 2 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 15
K. R. Mangalam World School Vaishali Team 1 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 16
K. R. Mangalam World School Vaishali Team 2 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 17
K. R. Mangalam World School Vaishali Team 3 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 18
K.R. Mangalam World School Vikaspuri UPES Infinity Space Club Team 19
Kendriya Vidyalaya IIT Campus Chennai UPES Infinity Space Club Team 20
Kola Perumal Chetty Vaishnav Senior Secondary School Chennai UPES Infinity Space Club Team 21
KR Mangalam School Greater Noida UPES Infinity Space Club Team 22
KR Mangalam World School Faridabad Team 1 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 23
KR Mangalam World School Faridabad Team 2 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 24
KR Mangalam World School Faridabad Team 3 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 25
KR Mangalam World School South City I Gurugram Team 1 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 26
KR Mangalam World School South City I Gurugram Team 2 UPES Infinity Space Club Team 27
Logos Mission School Surat Vaels International School Injambakkam Chennai
Vanavani Matriculation Higher Secondary School Chennai
Veda Vyasa D.A.V. Public School Vikaspuri Delhi
Vels Vidyashram Pallavaram Chennai
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