Travelers In The Night
813-RADAR Observations of Close Approacher
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:02:01
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Synopsis
Astronomers measure an asteroid’s position on the sky using a two dimensional system similar to the latitude and longitude coordinates we obtain with our GPS. For the vast majority of asteroids, we cannot measure the third dimension, the distance to the asteroid directly.