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Weird, 'watermelon shape' asteroids like Dimorphos and Selam may finally have an explanation

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A new study suggests bizarrely shaped asteroids may be more common than previously thought.

The unusual shapes of the tiny asteroids Dimorphos and Selam have perplexed astronomers for years .

The study's lead author: "We have never seen such asteroid satellites before and they cannot be directly explained by traditional binary asteroid formation models" Other factors determine a moonlet asteroid's final shape.

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