This chart based on data from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer illustrates why infrared-sensing telescopes are more suited to finding small, dark asteroids than telescopes that detect visible light.
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Title: Infrared Telescopes Spy Small, Dark Asteroids
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Date Created: 2011-09-29
Rights: JPL
Album: kboggs
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