Videos of the Student Meteorite Hunt at ACM Workshop
Organized by Vishnu Reddy and Bangalore Astronomical Society
posted 18JUN09
The National Level workshop on "Asteroids, Comets and Meteorites" sponsored by the Bangalore Astronomical Society was held on June 13 & 14, 2009 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore.
The following videos of the workshop involve the session where participants were divided into groups for the meteorite hunt. 4 pieces of meteorite were hidden on the planetarium campus and the participants had to find them. The winners took home the meteorite pieces.
About BAS
The Bangalore Astrological Society (BAS) is a registered, non-profit amateur astronomy organisation based in Bangalore, India. The group intends to create a base for all amateur-astronomy related activities and to popularise astronomy as a science.
http://www.bas.org.in
About Vishnu Reddy
Vishnu Reddy is one of the most successful amateur astronomers from India. He has been credited with the discovery of 22 main belt asteroids, two binary near-Earth asteroids, six main-belt binary asteroids,and a supernova by the International Astronomical Union. One of his asteroid discoveries has been named 78118 Bharat in honor of his motherland.
http://vishnureddy.net/
Video Links:
Meteorite Hunt @ ACM Workshop by Vishnu Reddy and Bangalore Astronomical Society - Part 1
07:11 - Today youtube.com
Organized by Vishnu Reddy and Bangalore Astronomical Society
posted 18JUN09
The National Level workshop on "Asteroids, Comets and Meteorites" sponsored by the Bangalore Astronomical Society was held on June 13 & 14, 2009 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore.
The following videos of the workshop involve the session where participants were divided into groups for the meteorite hunt. 4 pieces of meteorite were hidden on the planetarium campus and the participants had to find them. The winners took home the meteorite pieces.
About BAS
The Bangalore Astrological Society (BAS) is a registered, non-profit amateur astronomy organisation based in Bangalore, India. The group intends to create a base for all amateur-astronomy related activities and to popularise astronomy as a science.
http://www.bas.org.in
About Vishnu Reddy
Vishnu Reddy is one of the most successful amateur astronomers from India. He has been credited with the discovery of 22 main belt asteroids, two binary near-Earth asteroids, six main-belt binary asteroids,and a supernova by the International Astronomical Union. One of his asteroid discoveries has been named 78118 Bharat in honor of his motherland.
http://vishnureddy.net/
Video Links:
Meteorite Hunt @ ACM Workshop by Vishnu Reddy and Bangalore Astronomical Society - Part 1
07:11 - Today youtube.com
07:19 - Today youtube.com
02:59 - Today youtube.com
02:08 - Today youtube.com
03:00 - Today youtube.com
00:18 - Today youtube.com
03:02 - Today youtube.com
02:18 - Today youtube.com
00:50 - Today youtube.com
