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A Mysterious Asteroid Is Accelerating in Space, And We're Running Out of Explanations
They just do what they're told, pushed and tugged by external forces such as gravity or radiation pressure from the Sun.
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They just do what they're told, pushed and tugged by external forces such as gravity or radiation pressure from the Sun. KY26 is hooning about like a ne'er-do-well – that is, accelerating in a way that defies expectations for how a well-brought-up asteroid ought to behave.
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