agree, but let's cut this "amateur" stuff, shall we?
first off, "amateurs" do not have telescopes of sufficient power to do serious wrok, and this is a serious problem which is goingto require real resources. amateurs can't handle it.
second, the good "amateurs" are actually semi-professional.
whatever their misconceptions, the pubic has an ironclad right to know if anyting is on an impact trajectory. no point in confusing them further with nonsense about "amateurs".
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