asteroids don't concern me farmguy
Can you imagine how dull your life must be if your job is to study, to the millisecond, changes in the spin of asteroids?
Infected with Space COVID?
Yeah, but they get all the hot chicks!…
The ultimate cushy job. Probably gets two weeks paid vacation and uses it going to cosplay anime conventions.
Computer modeling does all the heavy lifting.
I worked for ten years at what was the worlds largest, telescopes. The Kecks in Hawaii.
These guys have quite a racket going and yes anything that allows them to publish a paper, is exciting for them.
Grant money, donor money, NSF money, et al.
Most professional Astronomers are very well paid for doing what most people would consider a “Hobby”.
at least they aren’t blaming climate change for the spin, yet...
asteroids don't concern me farmguy