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  1. Emerson Wittaker: talking about near earth asteroid binary 1999 KW4: Moshup 1.5km and Squannit 0.5km, mutual orbit in 17 hours. Measured by #TeamRadar from Arecibo (😭)

    Evolution of system depends on YORP effect, relative spins of bodies, and shapes.

    Doing shape-model libration simulations now.

    #SolarSystemInContext