<br><p><b>Uploader's notes</b>: The first frame of the animated gif was cropped by the uploader.
</p><p><b>Original caption released with image:</b> Bi-static radar images of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/binary_asteroid" class="extiw" title="w:binary asteroid">binary asteroid</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_YE5" class="extiw" title="w:2017 YE5">2017 YE5</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Observatory" class="extiw" title="w:Arecibo Observatory">Arecibo Observatory</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bank_Observatory" class="extiw" title="w:Green Bank Observatory">Green Bank Observatory</a> on June 25. The observations show that the asteroid consists of two separate objects in orbit around each other.
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