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Radio Ulster,3 mins

Do you have what it takes to be an asteroid tracker?

Good Morning Ulster

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A Belfast astronomer is on a mission. Professor Alan Fitzsimmons from Queen's University in Belfast is calling for amateur astronomers to help the multinational space mission, Hera. It's designed to calculate how to stop asteroids colliding with the planet but experts need help deciding which asteroids to observe. Âé¶¹Éç reporter Will Leitch has been speaking to Professor Fitzsimmons about what help is needed.

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