Yesterday, scientists made a remarkable discovery in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter - a new piece of a binary asteroid system called Didymos. This newfound piece of the system, named Dimorphos, is a moon orbiting the larger asteroid Didymos. This is an exciting discovery for scientists, as it is the first of its kind in the entire solar system. Dimorphos is the first moon ever discovered orbiting an asteroid, and it could help us understand more about the formation of binary asteroid systems. Scientists believe that this asteroid system could help us to better understand how other binary asteroid systems form, and provide insight into the formation of planets.

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source: Phys.org