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		NASA's Dart Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun (nasa.gov)
		4 points by divbzero 39 days ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

nabbed 39 days 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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