How Are Asteroids Discovered?

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I decided to answer a couple of questions that I get asked a lot, how are asteroids discovered, and how do we know a newly discovered object isn't an old one.

If you haven't seen my asteroid discovery video look here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k2vkLEE4ko



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Tags:
Asteroid (Celestial Object Category)
Asteroid Belt (Asteroid Group)
Astronomy (Field Of Study)
Astronomer (Profession)
astronomy
solar system
science