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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Itokawa asteroid. Schematic view of the asteroid Itokawa. By making precise timing measurements using ESO's (European Southern Observatory's) New Technology Telescope, and combining them with a model of the asteroid's surface topography, astronomers have found that different parts of this asteroid have different densities (red and blue). As well as revealing secrets about the asteroid's formation, finding out what lies below the surface of asteroids may also shed light on what happens when bodies collide in the Solar System, and provide clues about how planets form. Based on the images collected by JAXA's Hayabusa spacecraft.
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