SETI LIVE: New Images of Dog-Bone Asteroid Offers Clues About its Origin

A newly image of the asteroid Kleopatra ("dog-bone asteroid") is the sharpest and most detailed to-date. An international team of researchers, including Franck Marchis of the SETI Institute, used a series of images of Kleopatra to view it from different angles and create a 3D model. By constraining the asteroid's shape and volume, they determined the length of the asteroid is approximately 270 kilometers, composed of two components joined by a bridge of material. This new understanding provides clues about the origins of the asteroid and its two moons. Join Beth Johnson in conversation with Franck Marchis to dig deeper into this research.

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