{{Short description|Cooperative program between MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Society for Science}}The '''Ceres Connection''' is a cooperative program between MIT's Lincoln Laboratory and the Society for Science and the Public dedicated to promoting science education. It names asteroids discovered under the LINEAR project after teachers and contesting students who performed outstandingly in the following Society for Science and the Public competitions: the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, the Intel Science Talent Search, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Barros-Smith |first=Ross |date=January 2011 |title=Star Fields |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/71141/documents/NL_Jan2011_1879562066.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6MYUE6DNNJ6ROIH3&Expires=1764948481&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DNL_Jan2011.pdf&Signature=lCDGRA%2F6wQIXD9uWDXpxMfJI%2Bgg%3D |journal=Newsletter of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2004 Intel Science Talent Search : Midwood Science : The Home of Midwood Science Research |url=https://midwoodscience.org/?p=324 |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=midwoodscience.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LAHS Students Place in Grand Awards Ceremony |url=https://ladailypost.com/lahs-students-place-in-grand-awards-ceremony/ |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=ladailypost.com}}</ref>
Since 2001, nearly 200 asteroids are named each year through this program.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-06 |title=Asteroids honor and motivate young scientists |url=https://news.mit.edu/2009/asteroids-honor |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=MIT News {{!}} Massachusetts Institute of Technology |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== *Naming of asteroids *Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research *Society for Science and the Public
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180604151431/https://www.ll.mit.edu/outreach/ceres.html Official page]
Category:Asteroids Category:Science competitions
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