Senior high third-grader claims asteroid | 高三学生认领了一颗小行星！

　　A main belt asteroid discovered by Xiong Jiarui's group at the No.1 Middle School Affiliated with the Central China Normal University was recently confirmed by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. According to the regulations of the center, Xiong's group will have the naming right for this asteroid. Xiong is a third-grader in senior high school who fell in love with astronomy in his childhood. He has been selected twice as a member of the national training team for the Astronomy Olympiad.
　　近日，华中师范大学第一附属中学熊家锐小组发现的一颗主带小行星被国际天文学联合会小行星中心确认。根据该中心的相关规定，熊家锐小组将拥有此小行星的命名权。熊家锐是该校的一名高三学生，从小喜爱天文学，曾两次入选天文奥赛国家集训队。
　　The discovery of the asteroid has its origin with the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) project. After joining the project, Xiong received observation data and then proceeded to use computers to help eliminate most of the extraneous targets. Afterwards, he manually compared the remaining objects with those in official star charts.
　　据了解，此次发现源于一个国际小行星搜寻活动（简称IASC）。熊家锐加入这一项目后得到来自搜寻活动的观测数据，然后通过计算机帮助排除大部分的无关目标，再对剩下的可疑天体和已知星图进行人工比对。


　　Certificate for Xiong
　　It was a time-consuming job. "We spent a month of after-school time in the search," said Xiong. In the future, Xiong plans to go into astronomy or theoretical physics in order to continue his love of "chasing stars."
　　这是一项很繁琐的工作。“我们用了一个月的课余时间来搜索”，熊家锐说。未来，熊家锐打算选择天文学或理论物理为研究学习方向继续自己的“追星”梦想。
　　(Edited by Zheng Xiaoan)