Infrared Telescopes Spy Small, Dark Asteroids
Summary
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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Date
29/09/2011
Location
California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 34.20139, -118.17341
Source
NASA
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Public Domain Dedication (CC0)