In the images sent back by New Horizons, Arrokoth appeared as two lumpy lobes fused together.
The two lobes have light and dark patterns of unknown origin with a bright collar separating them.
They are usually found in an unstable orbit between Jupiter and Neptune.
Chariklo was the first asteroid found to have a ring system.Illustration: ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser/Nick Risinger
Chariklo is not just any centaur; it was alsofoundto have two thin rings of icy particles around it.
That made it the first known rocky body in the solar system to have rings.
Ceres
Ceres was the very first object discovered in the main asteroid belt.
Ceres was designated a dwarf planet in 2006, along with Pluto.
Kamooalewa
Earth doesnt just have the one Moon.
Our planet hosts seven known quasi-moons, which are asteroids that appear to act like moons.
Most binary pairs are uneven, with one being significantly larger than the other.
But for asteroid2017 YE5, each rock is about 3,000 feet (900 meters) across.
Io
Jupiters rocky moon is the most volcanically active body in the solar system.
This contributes to the moons volcanic activity as Io is constantly being stretched and squeezed due to its position.
Due to its fast spin, Haumea is shaped like an elongated potato or a deflated football.
Klim Ivanovic Churyumov discovered the Jupiter-family comet while examining a photographic plate of 32P/Comas Sola comet.
This milestone was achieved when the Rosetta spacecraft rendezvoused with it in August 2014.
The Trojans have likely existed for at least 4 billion years.
NASAs Lucy mission is currentlyon its way to study the Trojan asteroids.
Lucylaunchedin October 2021 and is expected to reach its asteroid targets in 2027 and 2028.
Makemake takes about 305 Earth years to make one trip around the Sun.
Apophis
Who doesnt love a potentially hazardous asteroid?
That makes it the largest known satellite relative to its parent body, according toNASA.
Charon takes 6.4 Earth days to orbit Pluto, and the moon neither rises nor sets.
Pallas is the third largest object in the asteroid belt and is about one-seventh the size of the Moon.
The odd-shaped moon rotates chaotically, as though tumbling its way through space as it orbits Saturn.
The asteroid itself is the second most massive object in the main asteroid belt (after Ceres).
The giant asteroid is almost spherical, and is very close to being classified a dwarf planet.
Bennu
This asteroid is extra special becausea piece of it is currently on Earth.
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