PIA22556: Binary Asteroid 2017 YE5 (Artist's Concept)
Artist's concept of what binary asteroid 2017 YE5 might look like. The two objects showed striking differences in radar reflectivity, which could indicate that they have different surface properties.
 Target Name:  Asteroid
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Product Size:  1400 x 787 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA22556.tif (187.9 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA22556.jpg (132.3 kB)  

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Artist's concept of what binary asteroid 2017 YE5 might look like. The two objects showed striking differences in radar reflectivity, which could indicate that they have different surface properties.

More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects is available at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2018-07-12