Asteroid naming contest sparks discussion of women in astronomy
Spaceflight Insider Laurel Kornfeld January 26th, 2021 The late astronomer Ada Carrera, who now has a near-Earth asteroid named for her. Her name selected as the winner of an asteroid-naming contest sparked an online panel discussion by the contest’s sponsors about the role of women in astronomy Credit: Unistellar The selection of the late astronomer Ada Amelia Carrera Rodriguez as the winner of an asteroid-naming contest sparked an online panel discussion by the contest’s sponsors about the role of women in astronomy. In a joint project, the Name the Asteroid” contest in late 2020 fo...
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