NASA's Dart Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun (opens in new tab)

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I didn't realize that an 805 meter wide asteroid has enough gravitation pull to drag along a 170 meter wide asteroid (and vice versa, as they orbit around each other).

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NASA's Dart Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun (opens in new tab)

(nasa.gov)

4 pointsdivbzero16d ago1 comments

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nabbed16d ago

I didn't realize that an 805 meter wide asteroid has enough gravitation pull to drag along a 170 meter wide asteroid (and vice versa, as they orbit around each other).

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