How Did Astronomers Discover 700,000 Asteroids?
- Episode aired Jul 1, 2017
- 11m
Ceres was first discovered by astronomers looking for a plant to fill a curious gap between mars and Jupiter. But it wasn't very big so astronomers kept looking and began finding the larger ... Read allCeres was first discovered by astronomers looking for a plant to fill a curious gap between mars and Jupiter. But it wasn't very big so astronomers kept looking and began finding the larger objects in the asteroid belt. Eventually astrophotography, sky surveys and space telescope... Read allCeres was first discovered by astronomers looking for a plant to fill a curious gap between mars and Jupiter. But it wasn't very big so astronomers kept looking and began finding the larger objects in the asteroid belt. Eventually astrophotography, sky surveys and space telescopes led to the multitudes that are know today including near Earth and Earth crossing astero... Read all