International Astronomy Olympiad
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The International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO) is an internationally recognized annual astronomy competition for high school students. It is one of the international science olympiads.
The students are selected from their home countries' national olympiad. The International Olympiad consists of three exams: an observational, a theoretical and a practical. The observational round involve recognizing stars, constellations, estimating star magnitude and angular distance. The practical round consists of questions based on data results of observations. The theoretical round consists of questions involving hypothetical situations.
Most of the participant states came from Eastern Europe and Asia. The only American country ever to participate is Brazil. Between the traditional participants are Russia, China, India, Sweden, Serbia Montenegro, Estonia, Lithuania, Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, Iran, Romania, Bulgaria. Moscow Land send a team apart from Russia and in the X IAO, Beijing sent a team apart from China. Crimea had sent teams apart from Ukraine. Ukraine, Belarus, Italy and Armenia have already sent teams.
[edit] List of olympiads
| Year | Country | City or village | Number of participating teams | Number of countries sent observers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996, November 1-8 | Russia | Nizhnij Arkhyz | 4 | 1 |
| 1997, October 21-28 | Russia | Nizhnij Arkhyz | 4 | |
| 1998, October 20-27 | Russia | Nizhnij Arkhyz | 5 | 1 |
| 1999, September 25 - October,2 | Ukraine | Nauchnyj | 7 | 2 |
| 2000, October 20-27 | Russia | Nizhnij Arkhyz | 8 | |
| 2001, September 26 - October 3 | Ukraine | Nauchnyj | 7 | 2 |
| 2002, October 22-29 | Russia | Nizhnij Arkhyz | 11 | |
| 2003, October 2-8 | Sweden | Stockholm | 13 | 2 |
| 2004, October 1-9 | Ukraine | Simeiz | 18 | |
| 2005, October 25 - November 2 | China | Beijing, Huairou | 15 | 2 |
| 2006, November, 10-19 | India | Bombay | 16 | 3 |
| 2007, September 29 - October 7 | Ukraine | Simeiz | 23 | 1 |
| 2008, October 13-21 | Italy | Trieste |
[edit] See also
School Astronomical Olympiad by Correspondence
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