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Cosmic Queries – Asteroid Hunters with Marina Brozovic

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What's the Alpha Dog?

Tyson's asteroid was discovered in 1994 by Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy. They both went on to get all possible honorary degrees and awards in the field. In 2015, there was a companion that is about 11 kilometers in size. And he can tell you that at least 15% of main belt asteroids are binaries.

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