NASA Planetary Defense: The Asteroid Hunters

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Describes professional asteroid detection programs and the techniques used to discover potentially hazardous objects. Teaches planetary defense and asteroid survey methodology.

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A 3-minute video from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: “NASA Planetary Defense: The Asteroid Hunters”.

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