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How Do Scientists Study Asteroids?

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How Do Scientists Study Asteroids? When it passes by, the asteroid will be bright enough that small optical telescopes can be used to spot it in the night sky. Scientists around the world will also study the asteroid with telescopes to determine its composition and rotation and with radar that could reveal small surface features.

What Can Meteorites Tell Us?

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What Can Meteorites Tell Us? Certain “primitive” meteorites contain the first solid material to form in our solar system. Researchers have used the age of this material—4.568 billion years—to determine the age of our solar system. … Primitive meteorites also provide clues to the proportions of the elements present in the solar system as a