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May 19, 2024

A pair of stereoscopic images of asteroid Dinkinsh and its satellite Salam, created using data collected by the L'LORRI camera on the Lucy spacecraft in the minutes around closest approach on November 1, 2023. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab for the original images/Brian May/Claudia Manzoni for stereo processing of the images

A new method rewrites the age of asteroids

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Salam, a moon of the Dinkinsh asteroid was discovered to be a "unique body known as a "couple in contact" and consists of two lobes that are actually piles of stones stuck together, and the first of its kind seen orbiting another asteroid
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