Is the 'light' reflecting off the asteroid emitted from the sun? I had never seen or even knew radar could distinguish value like what is shown here.<p>I suppose terrestrial radar looks at much smaller objects and what it sees is emitted from the tower and bounced back in a straight line so that sort of makes sense.<p>More info on the observatory: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldstone_Solar_System_Radar" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldstone_Solar_System_Radar</a>
How about we have satellites orbiting asteroids for a piggy back ride and then getting off the orbit when they are near a point of interest? My guess is the gravity would be too feeble.
How do the orbits of the moons, and the asteroid's axis of rotation match up to the ecliptic? Do both moons orbit in the same direction? How eccentric are the orbits of the moons?<p>What's the going theory on how such a small body can capture moons? It must not be too difficult, otherwise 3122 Florence wouldn't be the 3rd triplet spotted.
What's the surface gravity? <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3122_Florence" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3122_Florence</a><p>Mass isn't given, but could estimate from volume, and typical asteroid density?
Imagine hijacking a 100-meter moon made of rare earth metals like gold, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, etc. etc. More than enough to under write the mission and pay for a moon base.