15565 Benjaminsteele
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15565 Benjaminsteele is a main-belt asteroid
. It was named in honor of Benjamin C. Steele for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. He did his undergraduate studies at the California Institute of Technology
(Caltech) and is now a graduate student at MIT.
In 2005, Steele attended the Summer Science Program
, which teaches astronomy with a curriculum based on observations and orbit calculations of an asteroid.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
. It was named in honor of Benjamin C. Steele for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. He did his undergraduate studies at the California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
(Caltech) and is now a graduate student at MIT.
In 2005, Steele attended the Summer Science Program
Summer Science Program
The Summer Science Program is an intense six-week summer program for intellectually talented high school students. The program is based on a collaborative research project in celestial mechanics. Students study astronomy, physics, spherical trigonometry, and calculus while working to take...
, which teaches astronomy with a curriculum based on observations and orbit calculations of an asteroid.