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From reading the previous chapter you now have some idea of what is involved in chasing down these ‘vermin of the skies,’ as they were once referred to because their tracks spoiled photographic plates. Asteroids are not alone in being called that, as that description has also been given to artificial satellites and flocks of birds.
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Dymock, R. (2010). Visual Observing. In: Asteroids and Dwarf Planets and How to Observe Them. Astronomers' Observing Guides. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6439-7_8
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