[meteorite-list] First Detailed Pictures of Binary Asteroid Reveal Bizarre System

Darren Garrison cynapse at charter.net
Fri Oct 13 13:37:45 EDT 2006


On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:55:50 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>Another interesting finding is that the two bodies in the asteroid
>system are orbiting so closely that they are caught in each other's
>gravitational pull.

Wow.  Who would have thought two bodies orbiting each other would be effected by
gravity.



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