These twin circular lakes in Quebec, Canada were formed by the impact of an asteroidal pair which slammed into the planet approximately 290 million years ago. (Courtesy NASA)
Watch an animated model of the spin-up and binary formation from two views, on the left is an overhead view. The right pane of the movie looks at the equator of the primary body, which is also the plane in which the asteroid's satellite is formed (courtesy of the authors).
These twin circular lakes in Quebec, Canada were formed by the impact of an asteroidal pair which slammed into the planet approximately 290 million years ago. (Courtesy NASA)
Radar Reveals Five Double Asteroid Systems Orbiting Each Other Near Earth
Science Daily | 4-12-2002 | Cornell
Posted on 04/12/2002 6:24:24 AM PDT by blam
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Hubble Telescope Photographs Seven Objects Traveling In Pairs Beyond Pluto
earthfiles.com | july-11-2002 | by Linda Moulton Howe
Posted on 07/12/2002 2:02:01 PM PDT by green team 1999
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Extreme Kuiper Belt Object 2001 QG298
and the Fraction of Contact Binaries
by Scott S. Sheppard and David Jewitt
Astronomical Journal
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1607979/posts?page=115#115
Minor Planets Stick Together
by Selby Cull
June 23, 2006
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1646385/posts?page=34#34
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