Kleopatra articles
Deeper dives into Kleopatra, sourced from NASA, JPL and the scientific literature.
How Kleopatra got its dog-bone shape
From a 1991 occultation to Arecibo radar and adaptive optics — and a theory linking its shape, spin and moons.
Read →Alexhelios and Cleoselene: Kleopatra’s twins
Two small moons discovered with Keck in 2008 and named after Cleopatra’s children.
Read →Is Kleopatra made of metal?
Radar, density and spectra give mixed answers about one of the best-known M-type asteroids.
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