NASA’s Janus Mission is Going to Visit Two Binary Asteroids

NASA’s Janus Mission is Going to Visit Two Binary Asteroids
By Andy Tomaswick

Gravity is good for a lot of things. It brings objects closer together. Occasionally they crash into each other.  But sometimes two objects get locked in a unique gravitational dance that pairs them together. That dance can be short-lived, or it can last for billions of years. In some cases the objects are large (i.e. …

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September 23, 2020 at 08:45PM
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