# 908-Head On

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Podcast: [Travelers In The Night](https://stenobird.com/podcast/travelers-in-the-night-1048610)
Published: 2026-07-17T16:00:02+00:00
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## Resource

Asteroid hunters find asteroids by looking for objects which change their position relative to the stars. If an asteroid happened to match the Earth’s motion it might appear stationary and thus be virtually undetectable until it is right on top of us. The trick is finding potentially dangerous asteroids at some other point in their orbit so we know about them before they have a chance to approach Earth.

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