MIT Astronomers Find the Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected in the Main Belt
December 09, 2024
December 09, 2024
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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The team's detection method, which identified 138 space rocks ranging from bus- to stadium-sized, could aid in tracking potential asteroid impactors.
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By Jennifer Chu, MIT NewsThe asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs is estimated to have been about 10 kilometers across. That's about as wide as Brooklyn, New York. Such . . .
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The team's detection method, which identified 138 space rocks ranging from bus- to stadium-sized, could aid in tracking potential asteroid impactors.
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By Jennifer Chu, MIT NewsThe asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs is estimated to have been about 10 kilometers across. That's about as wide as Brooklyn, New York. Such . . .