[FPSPACE] FW: Powerful New Technique to Measure Asteroids' Sizes and Shapes (ESO 04/09)

[LARRY KLAES]

> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 10:01:01 +0100> From: information at eso.org> To: esonews at eso.org> Subject: Powerful New Technique to Measure Asteroids' Sizes and Shapes (ESO 04/09)> > > Dear all,> > 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).> > Read more in ESO 04/09 at
> http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/pr-04-09.html> > Kind Regards,> > The ESO education and Public Outreach Department> 04 February 2009> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________> Esonews mailing list
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