Astronomers use asteroids to measure the stars
Jul 10, 2019
1 minute
• DAVID DICKINSON
ASTRONOMERS USUALLY GLEAN information about an asteroid’s shape and size during an occultation, when the rock briefly blocks a background star. Now, astronomers are using occultations to measure the stars themselves.
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