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Nov 1999

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Physics Education, Volume 34, Issue 6, pp. 332 (1999).

Physics

Physics Education

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A new challenge for young Europeans has been issued by the European Space Agency to coincide with its launch of the new x-ray space observatory, XMM. This X-ray Multi-Mirror will revolutionize cosmic x-ray astronomy by harvesting more x-rays per hour than any previous mission, enabling astronomers to analyse many strong sources of cosmic x-rays very quickly and also to discover and characterize many faint sources.
In partnership with the unique education network `European Schoolnet', ESA has launched three competitions for schools in its member states, details of which can be found on the special competition website at sci.esa.int/xmm/competition
The `Draw me a telescope!' competition asked classes of 8 to 12 year-olds to provide an illustration of a telescope within a circle of 20 - 50 cm diameter. The 14 winning entries, one per member state, are to be included in a specially designed official XMM mission logo to be unveiled on the day in December when the observatory will be launched. A representative of each winning class will be invited to Kourou for the launch event.
`What's new Mr Galileo?' involved classes in writing an essay (in English) of no more than 500 words describing space-based astronomy and its benefits for humanity. Again the 14 winners from the member states would be invited to Kourou to witness the final XMM launch preparations.
The final competition of the three was intended for final-year physics classes interested in making use of the XMM telescope. The class, assisted by the scientific community, had to submit an observation project; all 14 winning proposals would then be put into practice at a summer camp to be held during 2000. Further details would then be announced once XMM was in orbit.
Further information about the competitions can be found from the ESA Science Programme Communication Service (tel: +31-71-565-4604) or ESA Public Relations Division (tel: +33(0)1.53.69.7155), or by visiting the following websites:
sci.esa.int
www.esa.int
www.eun.org

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