Asteroids Help Scientists To Measure The Diameters Of Far Away Stars (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

Asteroids Help Scientists To Measure The Diameters Of Far Away Stars

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When an asteroid passes in front of a star, the resulting diffraction pattern (here greatly exaggerated) can reveal the star's angular size.

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DESY, Lucid Berlin

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