Female junior high school student finds asteroid

Female junior high school student finds asteroid

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 26, 2013 in Kanagawa Prefecture shows Akiko Takahashi, one of the first female junior high school students in Japan to have discovered an asteroid. In July 2013, the International Astronomical Union listed as a new astral body the asteroid discovered in 2009 by Takahashi and two other girls.

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