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Some asteroids have their own moons.
About 15% of near-Earth asteroids larger than 200 meters have their own satellites. The asteroid Sylvia has two moons, nicknamed Romulus and Remus. These systems help scientists understand how planetary bodies form and interact gravitationally.
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The Sun contains 99.86% of all the mass in our solar system.
Despite the planets, asteroids, comets, and other objects in our solar system, almost all the mass is contained...
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There’s a planet covered in lava oceans with winds seven times the speed of sound.
K2-141b is a planet so hot that it has oceans of molten rock and supersonic winds made of...
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There’s a planet covered in burning ice.
Gliese 436 b, a Neptune-sized exoplanet, is covered in a form of water ice that remains solid despite...