Astronomers have captured the most detailed observations yet of the asteroid Kleopatra -- an asteroid with two moons that just happens to look a lot like a dog bone.
Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. New images are shining a spotlight on a game of fetch that's out of this world. Astronomers have captured the most detailed observations yet of the asteroid 216 Kleopatra -- an asteroid with two moons that just happens to look a lot like a dog bone.
The new observations were made using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile, and the sharp clarity of the images has helped scientists learn more about the mass and 3D shape of the asteroid. This information could shed more light on how the asteroid and its two moons formed. At its closest to Earth, Kleopatra is 124 million miiles away.These 11 images show the asteroid Kleopatra, viewed at different angles as it rotates.
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