1,800-Foot-Long 'Peanut' Asteroid Spins Through Space In New Animation | Video
Description
By analyzing brightness, as it rotates, astronomers see how asteroid 25143 Itokawa's surface may be changing and gain clues to its interior. Images collected by Japan's Hayabusa probe in 2005, plus ESO's New Technology Telescope, form this animation.
Read more about the asteroid and see Photos here: http://goo.gl/lCVJSS
Credit: ESO
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