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Astronomers discover asteroid odd couple in solar system

WiththehelpoftheHubbleSpaceTelescope,aninternationalresearchteamhasobservedanunusualpairofspacerocksintheasteroidbeltbetweenMarsandJupiter.Thisbinaryasteroid,la

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Scientists want to explore asteroids with a fleet of nanoprobes

ResearchersattheFinnishMeteorologicalInstitute(FMI)presentedamissionplantodayattheEuropeanPlanetaryScienceCongressthatwouldallowscientiststoobservehundredsofast

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Asteroid family is as old as the Solar System itself

To date, astronomers haven't seen asteroid families (that is, asteroids with a common source) in the Solar System older than about 3 billion years -- well after the star system came to be 4.5 billion years ago.

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Asteroid family is as old as the Solar System itself

Todate,astronomershaven'tseenasteroidfamilies(thatis,asteroidswithacommonsource)intheSolarSystemolderthanabout3billionyears--wellafterthestarsystemcametobe4.5bi