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Roughly 15% of asteroids that pass near Earth have a smaller companion orbiting them. These paired objects are known as binary asteroid systems, and they are surprisingly common in our region of the solar system.
A research team led by the University of Maryland has now found that these systems are far more active than scientists once thought. Instead of simply orbiting one another, the two bodies can exchange rocks and dust through gentle, slow moving impacts...
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