Astronomers spy near-Earth asteroid that has its own moon

2/14/20
 
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from The Washington Post,
2/14/20:

Asteroid 2020 BX12 is hurtling through the cold emptiness of space, but it’s not going alone. The rock, recently spotted during a NASA survey of nearby and potentially hazardous asteroids, has a moon. Neither of them are a threat to Earth.

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