Amateur astronomers to 'Target Asteroids!'
Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 08:02
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) -- Researchers on NASA's robotic asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, are turning to amateur astronomers for new data on near-Earth asteroids in a citizen science observing campaign called Target Asteroids!
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