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    Visualisation of asteroid Itokawa

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    • Title Visualisation of asteroid Itokawa
    • Released: 26/04/2017
    • Length 00:00:40
    • Language English
    • Footage Type Animation
    • Copyright JAXA, ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org).
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      This artist’s impression, based on detailed spacecraft observations, shows the strange peanut-shaped asteroid Itokawa. By making exquisitely precise timing measurements using ESO’s New Technology Telescope a team of astronomers has found that different parts of this asteroid have different densities. As well as revealing secrets about the asteroid’s formation, finding out what lies below the surface of asteroids may also shed light on what happens when bodies collide in the Solar System, and provide clues about how planets form.

      This video was originally published on eso.org

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