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Site dos Estudantes| |To Student Project| In this project,
students will learn how to visually identify asteroids in SDSS
images. Stars, galaxies and quasars are so far away that they do
not appear to move, even if the are actually traveling very
fast. Asteroids, on the other hand, are relatively close to
Earth and appear to move quickly across the sky. Students can
use this movement to visually detect asteroids in SDSS photos.
The SDSS Data Release 3 contains over 100,000 asteroids. Most
fields contain at least one asteroid and many contain more than
one. Some of the asteroids are bright and move very quickly,
making them stand out. Others are dim and slow moving, and take
a much more trained eye to spot. Everyone can find some
asteroids in the data, but a skilled observer will find many
more! By the end of this project, students should be able to:
Students should be familiar with the solar system and the nine
known planets. They should also be a