Novel calculations peg age of ‘baby’ asteroid

5/01/2024 By | James Dean , Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell-lead research team derived the age of Selam, a “moonlet” orbiting the asteroid Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt, based only on the pair’s dynamics.
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