Infrared Telescopes Spy Small, Dark Asteroids

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Infrared Telescopes Spy Small, Dark Asteroids

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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.
NASA/JPL-Caltech

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29/09/2011
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California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion Laboratory34.20139, -118.17341
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NASA
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Public Domain Dedication (CC0)

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