Space Photos of the Week: YORP Effect, Cosmic Ducks, and More
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The mellifluously named Yarkovsky-O'Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack effect is tearing an asteroid apart, and it could also save the Earth from asteroid strikes.The mellifluously named Yarkovsky-O'Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack effect is tearing an asteroid apart, and it could also save the Earth from asteroid strikes.