News Astronomy Astronomers rediscover long-lost asteroid By Ron Cowen November 1, 2002 at 5:19 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print For 89 years, astronomers have played a cosmic version of Where’s Waldo? Now, the game is over. Image of the near-Earth asteroid 719 Albert (tick marks) taken on May 1 by the Spacewatch Telescope. Larsen, Scotti, M.T. Read/Ariz. Brd. Reg. Scientists have rediscovered a near-Earth asteroid called 719 Albert, observed several times in 1911 but not seen since.