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(d) GUIDELINES FOR AWARDING PRIZES- General guidelines for the awarding of prizes are as follows:
(1) Prizes shall be awarded to the person or group with the greatest contributions as determined by the Minor Planet Center for the second and third categories.
(2) The award in the first category shall not be presented for years in which there are no eligible asteroid discoveries.
(3) All awards are reserved for United States citizens.(4) The decisions of the Minor Planet Center in administering the award program are final.
(e) ELIGIBILITY- Individuals are eligible to apply for the awards authorized under this section if the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) All applicants must demonstrate that they are not funded to use professional telescopes or observations and are acting solely in an amateur capacity.
(2) Government and professional astronomers associated with the near-Earth orbit asteroid project,
as well as members of their immediate families, are not eligible for the awards.
