Students Sady Ashkar, Robby Buckman, Minjin Choe, Ilia Drougov, Steve Hansen, Mike Le, Emily Spencer and Emil Yanakiev stand by Enterprise, the first space shuttle built for NASA.

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Sady Ashkar, Ilia Drougov, Steve Hansen and Emil Yanakiev sort through image sets on Astrometrica.

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Teacher Janet Bosch designed this bulletin board to get her students excited about participating in the December 2007 International Asteroid Search Campaign. The next campaign begins on Feb. 4.

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This is a sample screen shot from Astrometrica, the program used by the students to validate asteroid signatures. This image is not 2007 TW04 but shows what the students would have seen when they made their discovery.

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A few of the discoverers stand in Janet Bosch's classroom.

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Robby Buckman and Steve Hansen demonstrate the asteroid search process using Astrometrica.

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AP Physics C teacher Janet Bosch holds a graduate degree in astronomy from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.

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Broad Run High School was one of 15 schools to participate in the most recent International Asteroid Search Campaign. Thomas Jefferson High School in Fairfax County also participated.

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Broad Run's AP Physics C class at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly.

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