Powerful New Technique to Measure Asteroids' Sizes and Shapes
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 09:56
in Physics & Chemistry
A team of French and Italian astronomers have devised a new method for measuring the size and shape of asteroids that are too small or too far away for traditional techniques, increasing the number of asteroids that can be measured by a factor of several hundred. This method takes advantage of the unique capabilities of ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI).
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