Shadow hunters capture Didymos asteroid eclipsing stars π
πΉ Enabling & SupportAstronomers
have succeeded in capturing the momentary shadow cast by the
Didymos asteroid.
πͺ¨An event that has required
a lot of effort in placing observers in the right spots and knowledge to calculate and predict positions and trajectories with extreme precision.
πStellar occultations are an extraordinary tool to obtain information on shapes and positions of Solar System objects.
πLogistic efforts have been
unsuccessful for several weeks, such as in the case of the
45 observers deployed in Portugal, Spain and Algeria on 25 August, but prevented from observing by adverse meteorological conditions...
ππ Find out the finale (and more information)
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