dogbone shape

The most detailed telescope photographs yet of the asteroid Kleopatra — named after the ancient Egyptian queen — clearly show its weird “dog-bone” shape, and astronomers say their studies of it could ... Telescope photos show new details of the dog-bone shaped asteroid Kleopatra. It was originally discovered in 1880 is more than 125 million miles from Earth and weighs ...

Understanding the Context

Newsweek: See Weird Dog Bone-shaped Asteroid, Half the Length of Grand Canyon With Two Moons See Weird Dog Bone-shaped Asteroid, Half the Length of Grand Canyon With Two Moons Astronomers recently used the European Space Agency's Very Large Telescope to take what is now considered as the best images of the dog-boned shaped asteroid named Kleopatra. Franck Marchis, a senior ... TweakTown: There's a 'dog-bone' shaped asteroid out in space, best images here The observations have allowed the team to constrain the 3D shape and mass of this peculiar asteroid, which resembles a dog bone, to a higher accuracy than ever before. Their research also provides ...