Search sky for 28537 Kirapowell

Odessa High School science teacher Jeff Wehr has informed The Record that his former science student, Kira Powell (now attending the Colorado School of Mines), has officially had a minor planetoid named after her, 28537 Kirapowell, discovered Feb. 29, 2000, by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) Team at Socorro, New Mexico.

Kira Elizabeth Powell (b. 1994) was awarded best of category and first place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her plant sciences project. She graduated from Odessa High School in 2012.

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