Now this story will become reality in the future, how to change orbit of asteroid is being researched. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Amateur astronomers, long major players in ascertaining the exact orbits of asteroids, are likely to play less and less of a role as professionals turn their powerful telescopes to the objects once considered too mundane for academics to study at all. (discovermagazine.com)
The trick was to record its subtle gravitational signature during many orbits of the asteroid. (sciencemag.org)