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First Ever Radar Images Of Main-Belt Asteroid

Posted by timothy on from the looks-like-a-scooby-snack dept.

Phrogman writes: "NASA and astronomers at Cornell have collected the first ever radar images of a main-belt asteroid, a metallic, dog-bone shaped rock the size of New Jersey named Asteroid 216 Kleopatra. There is an article here with more information and a small image."

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  1. A big duh... by MadDreamer · · Score: 5

    And MSNBC gets the award for stupidest headline with their report on this story, entitled 'Telescope spots huge space bone'.

    Was it wrong that it took me five minutes to stop laughing at this?


    -Mad Dreamer