NASA Announces Asteroid Naming Contest for Students

Here's Your Chance to Name a Real Asteroid!

OSIRIS-REx mission

Ever want to name a real celestial body? What's a "celestial body" you ask? A celestial object is any object in the observable universe, ie. the sky, and is also known as an astronomical object.


The upcoming NASA OSIRIS-REx mission will bring back samples of the near-Earth asteroid 1999 RQ36 that will hopefully help us learn about the origins of life on Earth!

Check out NASA's contest to name the 1999 RQ36 asteroid and...
good luck!

NASA's Name That Asteroid!