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NASA's Asteroid Hunt Gets a More Powerful Telescope
Key Takeaways
- Daily Minor Planet project expanded to include Bok 2.3m telescope data, detecting asteroids 2-3x fainter
- Citizen scientists identify faint moving objects that automated pipelines miss at the detection limit
- Deeper, ecliptic-focused coverage will substantially increase near-Earth asteroid discoveries and confirmations
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DT Editorial Team··2 min read·via science.nasa.gov