India's First Fully Robotic Telescope Captures 'Building' Sized Asteroids Near Earth

India's first fully robotic telescope is the GROWTH-India Telescope, located at the Indian Astronomical Observatory in Hanle, Ladakh. This telescope is a joint project between the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, with support from the Department of Science and Technology and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum. The GROWTH-India telescope at Indian Astronomical Observatory in Ladakh captured a building sized asteroid as it approached closest to Earth.