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This time, Muhammad Rahmuz Salahuddin Ayub, a student of aerospace engineering at the Institute of Space Technology (IST) in Islamabad, tried to join it regularly in Pakistan and thus founded APASC in which a total of 40 people participated. All individuals identified potential asteroids from October 21 to November 15 using the provided data sets and software. But the question arises that how can one find out at home whether there is an asteroid or not?
Experts regularly provide training for this, for which software called Ester and Metrica are provided. Astrometrica contains several scientific parameters based on which the students inferred whether it could be an asteroid or not. Thus, very small bodies of the solar system, i.e. comets, asteroids, or dwarf planets, are identified and classified based on their physical properties. The discovery of 14 asteroids by Pakistan for the first time is welcome and it is hoped that they will further expand their experience.
On the other hand, the students of Pakistani schools, universities and colleges got to learn new information, practical astronomy and new arts that can boost their self-esteem. Its data is obtained from the famous astronomical telescope located in the American island of Hawaii. Earlier, Muhammad Rahmuz had participated with the Indian team in 2021 along with his three Pakistani colleagues and had discovered a total of five asteroids which is also a significant development. Along with Muhammad R. Hamoz Ayub, Dil Awiz Sagheer, Faryal Batul and Noman Rauf from Pakistan who were also certified by NASA and IASC are featured in the above photo. All these scholars are active members of IST's Space Society and have published the first journal on astronomy in Pakistan, Samk Herr Ald.
An instructional video has also been made in Urdu language for using Ester and Metrica, in which Nauman Rauf, Faryal Batul and Dil Awiz Sagheer have played prominent roles. Pakistani students have made 14 discoveries in Siar Chi Patti. It will now be evaluated by experts for a year, in which the motions, orbits and other aspects of the space bodies will be examined and if it is indeed a real asteroid, it will be upgraded to visional status. The asteroid will then be studied for another eight to ten years and if it meets all the criteria, it will be included in the International Astronomical Organization (IAU)-authorized Smithsonian Observatory's catalog of minor planets. The discoverer will then have the right to name the asteroid as he wishes. Mohammad R. Hamoz said that earlier in the IASC, teams from all over the world including India, Poland and Bangladesh have participated and for the first time a team of amateur astronomers from Pakistan, headed by Nasir Rizwan, Attock has joined. Includes the Astronomical Society and other associations. It is hoped that Pakistan's efforts will bear fruit, but it will have to wait for another year.
Between the planets Mars and Jupiter in our solar system, millions and millions of small and large bodies are moving together like children in a park on a swing. Among them are small planets and asteroids. Among them, the dwarf planet named Seir is a dwarf planet with a diameter of 950 km. However, experts want to investigate each possible asteroid. This is the reason why they are being researched and classified by various software. It should be noted that there are also bodies in the form of stone dust which have the size of a particle.
