e/Contact binary (asteroid)

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has glosseng: In the study of asteroids, a contact binary is caused when two asteroids gravitate toward each other until they touch, forming an oddly-shaped single body. Asteroids suspected of being contact binaries include the unusually elongated 624 Hektor and the bilobated 216 Kleopatra and 4769 Castalia. 25143 Itokawa, recently photographed by the Hayabusa probe, also appears to be a contact binary which has resulted in an elongated, bent body.
lexicalizationeng: contact binary
instance of(noun) any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun
planetoid, minor planet
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has glosszho: 密接小行星是因相互間的引力而接觸在一起,而形成外形怪異的小行星。經過研究被懷疑是密接小行星的有瘦長的赫克特、斷裂的 Kleopatra和帕納蘇斯。隼鳥號計畫在不久前拍攝的系川,呈現細長和彎曲的外形,可能也是密接小行星。
lexicalizationzho: 密接小行星

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