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Hayabusa2 Is Chasing the mysterious object 1998 KY26

16 points by gumby ago | 4 comments

gumby |next [-]

I had to rewrite the clickbait title on this article, which was the clearest explanation I could find. Because 1998 KY26 is moving in a way that can't be accounted just by gravitational theory, it has elicited a lot of absurd articles and posts

mdotk |next |previous [-]

where's the motorbike?

dmitrygr |previous [-]

> that rotates so quickly that a day on the rock ends almost as soon as it begins.

Who writes like this? This is not MSNBC! Please use proper units. It has a rotational period, which is 5.35 minutes

rationalist |root |parent [-]

It's Gizmodo; it's been garbage for a quite while.