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An Asteroid with Its Own Moon Will Zip Past Earth Tonight
- _bxg1 7y agoIs that top image (gif) real? Pretty cool if it is.
- ComputerGuru 7y agoDoubtful? It's credited to Dr Steven Ostro, who specializes in near-miss asteroids and passed away in 2008 [0], I suppose that makes it more likely to be a generic render? [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_J._Ostro https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_J._Ostro
- benji_is_me 7y agoA model was created using radar images. If you look closely, you can see the grid lines in the gif. Look here for a higher resolution: https://youtu.be/l3hyTFzvgyw https://youtu.be/l3hyTFzvgyw.