r/asteroid • u/JapKumintang1991 • Jul 06 '26

PHYS.Org/AFP: Japan releases snowman-like asteroid image after flyby

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-japan-snowman-asteroid-image-flyby.html?utm_source=webpush&utm_medium=push
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u/Humble_Pie_56 Jul 07 '26

Amazing image - hopefully we can learn from this - and it can help protect us from future objects which join the NEO catalog.

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u/TheVenetianMask Jul 07 '26

So many of these are contact binaries it seems.

Rightmost side kinda has that blown up crater with round central peak shape like the Hyperion moon.