Ceres Connection

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The Ceres Connection is a cooperative program between MIT's Lincoln Laboratory and Science Service dedicated for promoting science education. It names asteroids discovered through LINEAR after students and teachers who performed oustandingly in these Science Service competitions: the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, the Intel Science Talent Search, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, and the Intel Excellence in Teaching Award.

Since 2003, over 200 asteroids are named each year through this program.

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