Charting the skies: Bruneians help detect new asteroids


All-Brunei Darussalam Asteroid Search Campaign co-assistant project manager Md Qawiem Md Jamil with his e-certificate. - Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): Six Bruneian groups, comprising 30 members, made discoveries of their lifetime when they detected 35 new asteroids under the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) Programme recently.

This was announced by the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam (PABD) yesterday.

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