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Astronomy current events question: NASA's Asteroid Data Hunter challenge awards

Astronomy 210L, spring semester 2015
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Students are assigned to read online articles on current astronomy events, and take a short current events quiz during the first 10 minutes of lab. (This motivates students to show up promptly to lab, as the time cut-off for the quiz is strictly enforced!)
Sarah Ramsey, "New Desktop Application Has Potential to Increase Asteroid Detection, Now Available to Public" (March 15, 2015)
http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/march/new-desktop-application-has-potential-to-increase-asteroid-detection-now-available/
NASA's Asteroid Data Hunter challenge awarded participants for __________ to search for near-Earth asteroids and comets.
(A) developing software algorithms.
(B) scanning photographic plates.
(C) hosting automated telescopes.
(D) repurposing satellite TV dishes.
(E) using smartphone apps.

Correct answer: (A)

Student responses
Sections 30678, 30679, 30680
(A) : 21 students
(B) : 7 students
(C) : 3 students
(D) : 2 students
(E) : 2 students

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