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 Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X 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.