Amateur astronomers discover an asteroid's moon (skyandtelescope.org) 21 points by 867-5309 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] adr1an 2y ago ↗ TIL asteroids can haz moons :3 and humanity just documented the second known case. Cool! Go amateurs!! [–] shiroiuma 2y ago ↗ No, there's around 500 known asteroids with moons, according to the article. This is just the 2nd main-belt asteroid with moon discovered using the occultation method used here.
[–] shiroiuma 2y ago ↗ No, there's around 500 known asteroids with moons, according to the article. This is just the 2nd main-belt asteroid with moon discovered using the occultation method used here.
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