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The celestial object of the day is 624 Hektor!
This weird-looking object, measuring 403 km in its longest dimension and 201 km in its shortest, is 624 Hektor. It is theorized to be a contact asteroid i.e. two asteroids attached to eachother because of their gravitational force
#Image credit: H. Marchis/F. Marchis#Fun fact: This (trojan) asteroid orbits in Jupiter's L4 point#Also called the greek node or camp#I think is a little funny considering mythology lol#And on the L5 point (also called the Trojan node or camp)#Is the asteroid 617 Patroclus lol#astronomy facts#astronomy#astrophotography#astrophysics#space photography#space exploration#outer space#space#asteroid#asteroids#jupiter#Trojan asteroids#hektor#624 hektor
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