Euro-Asian Astronomical Society The International Astronomy Olympiad . . . . . The 3rd Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad Xiamen, November 2007.

Information after the Olympiad

In South Chinese town Xiamen the 3^rd Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (III APAO) has been held on November 21-29, 2007. APAO is a relatively new Olympiad which was founded in the spring 2005 an international regional programme in line with the International Astronomy Olympiad.

39 students from 6 teams took part in the Olympiad:

C1		China 1 - 8 students
C2		China 2 - 7 students
CX		China local - 7 students
KR		Korea - 7 students
KZ		Kazakhstan - 6 students
RU		Russia (East-Asian part) - 4 students

That's a pity team of Vietnam that planned to participate did not find such a possibility.

The fulfilled programme:

Winners and prizewinners of the Olympiad

I Diploma
Dae Hun Jung (Korea)
In Mok Song (Korea)
Jeong Su Ha (Korea)
Taemin Kim (Korea)
Wen Zhiyan (China)
Yuan Ye (China)
II Diploma
Dai Shixu (China)
Huang Hang (China)
Jinoh Jung (Korea)
Wen Tao (China)
Xu Yongchen (China)
Yu Zelong (China)
Zhang Hanyu (China)
Zhang Kunsheng (China)
III Diploma
Cao Xingchun (China)
Du Yujia (China)
Gu Xinyu (China)
Liang Zhihao (China)
Maukenov Bexultan (Kazakhstan)
Nam Hun Cho (Korea)
Tang Boqian (China)
Wang Song (China)
Zheng Xusheng (China)
Zhu Liyuan (China)
Zhu Yuying (China)
Special Diploma
For the best result in all the rounds
Taemin Kim (Korea) - in Junior group
Yuan Ye (China) - in Senior group
For for the best picture of bear in solutions
Du Yujia (China)

Problems of the Olympiad

Theoretical round, group a
Theoretical round, group b
Observational round

Problems of other rounds to be published later

The official APAO e-mail is a p a o [a] l i s t . r u .

Founding of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad

The 1^st announcement of the 3^rd APAO

The 2^nd announcement of the 3^rd APAO

The 3^rd announcement of the 3^rd APAO

The last information before the 3^rd APAO

Climate in Xiamen

Weather forecast for Xiamen (the most reliable, in Russian):

3 days, 5 days, 7 days, 10 days

Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO)
ISSP of Russ. Acad. Sci., Institute avenue 15, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russia.

URL: http://www.issp.ac.ru/iao/apao/2007/
e-mail: gavrilov@issp.ac.ru
fax: + 7-(496-52)-49-701.