How to Measure the Size of an Asteroid

NASA/JPL-Caltech2014-06-19

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

Observations of infrared light from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope coming from asteroids provide a better estimate of their true sizes than visible-light measurements.

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Title: How to Measure the Size of an Asteroid
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Date Created: 2014-06-19
Rights: JPL

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