1997-98
NEW MEXICO
HIGH SCHOOL
SUPERCOMPUTING CHALLENGE

TEAM ABSTRACT

Team Number:

20

School Name:

Bloomfield High School

Area of Science:

Project Title:

Some scientists have recently theorized 40,000 comets hit the earth each day, and a few summers ago, a large comet hit Jupiter. We believe comets, meteors and asteroids could change the orbits of planets (paths, speed of rotation, etc.). We are going to research the literature for orbital data as far back as we can, and build computer models of our future predictions using supercomputers.

Team Members:

• Brian Carter
• Shannon Slater
• Randi Stanford
• Gina Gibson
• Dered Mohler

Sponsoring Teacher(s):

• Sarah Walker
• Nan Joiner

Project Advisor(s):