The "Eyes on the Solar System" live visual tracker is super fun to play around with as well. Came across the Arrokoth page while reading about [1] another set of "contact-binary" space rocks.
The idea that its two lobes joined through a slow, gentle collision is really cool. It could hold clues of how planets first began forming billions of years ago. Really interesting object.
The "Eyes on the Solar System" live visual tracker is super fun to play around with as well. Came across the Arrokoth page while reading about [1] another set of "contact-binary" space rocks.
[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/science/torifune-asteroid...
The idea that its two lobes joined through a slow, gentle collision is really cool. It could hold clues of how planets first began forming billions of years ago. Really interesting object.