This chart based on data from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer illustrates how infrared is used to more accurately determine an asteroid size; three asteroids of different sizes can look similar when viewed in visible-light.
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Title: How to Tell the Size of An Asteroid
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Date Created: 2011-09-29
Rights: JPL
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