Have you every gazed at the moon and wandered how much it would take you to reach it?
Well, our Grades 12 and ES3 students can definitely help you! They had participated in the Qatar Astronomy Olympiad for Schools whose purpose is to enhance students’ knowledge in Astronomy and promote innovation. The competition started in 2020-2021 and ended on November 3, 2021. Using the Parallax method, our students had determined with great accuracy the approximate distance between the Earth and the moon by measuring the distance between two stars aligned with the moon as seen from Doha, Qatar and Lahore, India, at the same time. Congratulations to our students, Mohamad Charaf, Mariam Hamad, Reine Baz, Selena Baz, Rey Kerbaj, Kamal Mahmoud, and their supervisor, Dr. Milad Al Helou for achieving the 1st Place and the Gold Award!
