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Covering an Asteroid With Balls Could Characterize Its Interior


Exploring asteroids and other small bodies throughout the solar system has gotten increasingly popular, as their small gravity wells make them ideal candidates for resource extraction, enabling the expansion of life into the solar system. However, the technical challenges facing a mission to explore one are fraught - since they're so small and variable, understanding how to land on one is even more so.

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