Scientists just watched a newfound asteroid zoom by Earth. Then they saw its moon.
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:41 pm
From Space.com:
"One of Earth's premier instruments for studying nearby asteroids is back to work after being rattled by earthquakes, and its first new observations show that a newly discovered space rock is actually two separate asteroids."
https://www.space.com/near-earth-binary ... -moon.html
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"One of Earth's premier instruments for studying nearby asteroids is back to work after being rattled by earthquakes, and its first new observations show that a newly discovered space rock is actually two separate asteroids."
https://www.space.com/near-earth-binary ... -moon.html
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