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Science Fair: Another Way to Get 4-m Time! (1Jun92)
(from KPNO, NOAO Newsletter No. 30, 1 June 1992)

Two students each won a night on Kitt Peak for their outstanding
projects in the Southern Arizona Regional Science Fair. J.D. Wallace, a
ninth-grader from Emily Gray Jr. High School in Tucson, spent a night
on the 4-m with George Jacoby and Robin Ciardullo. Wallace's project,
titled "Satellite Detection Efficiency of Small Optical Telescopes,"
described his attempt to locate and track satellites and space debris
with an 8-inch Celestron. Avery Moon, from Green Fields Country Day
School, entered a project titled "Law of Gravitation." Avery wrote a
program tracking the orbits of different planets under the influence of
a massive body passing through the solar system. Avery will spend a
night at the 4-m in May or June.

At the middle school level, Joshua Hammond of Fickett Math-Science
Middle School won two tickets to a Kitt Peak Public Evening for his
project "Is it Possible to Make a Telescopic Pin-hole Camera?" (It is.)
Elementary students Josh Farrar of Otondo School, Janice McKusick of
Holy Angels School, and Katherine Hill of Booth School each won
astronomy posters for their projects entitled, respectively, "Why do
Planets Appear to Retrograde?," "What Causes an Eclipse?," and "Why do
Shadows Change?"

NOAO judges for the Science Fair this year were Roberta Toussaint, Todd
Boroson, and Karie Meyers. Thanks to everyone who took the time to
judge and host students at the telescopes.

Karie Meyers

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