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The word "asteroid" literally means "star-like", because when they were first observed, no telescope could see enough detail to know what they were, so they were basically just called "those things that look a bit like stars".
Even when eventually we figured out what they were, they were generally considered to all be spherical like tiny planets (see: The Little Prince) until the 1970s when one of the Mars probes flew close enough to have a look at one.
It is only in the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Nah, pretty sure a microscope or telescope will not only do the job, they would be even better.
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