First of Many Asteroid Finds
The red dot at the center of this image is the first near-Earth asteroid discovered by NASA Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE -- an all-sky mapping infrared mission designed to see all sorts of cosmic objects.
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NASA ID
PIA12499
Date Created
January 23, 2010
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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