Rare eclipsing double asteroid discovered




Students in an undergraduate astronomy class made a discovery that wowed professional astronomers: a previously unstudied asteroid is actually a pair of asteroids that orbit and eclipse one another. Fewer than 100 binary eclipsing asteroids have been found in the main asteroid belt.

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Martes, 7 de Enero 2014
Jueves, 1 de Enero 1970
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