Clarifying: Indian Schoolgirls discover Asteroid

Short clarification here (though it may seem redundant) because of posts that are inaccurate on social media based on a recent headline of an article from CNN (available below), which describes two Indian School girls who discovered a new Asteroid ( HLV2514 ). It’s not on a collision course with Earth! They found it while taking part in a student program with Space India and NASA using imagery from an advanced telescope based in Hawaii.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/india/india-schoolgirl-asteroid-intl-scli-scn/index.html

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