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Old 13-09-2014, 12:35 AM
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A follow-up report by NASA of the recent 2014RC fly-by, including stating that this 'asteroid is rather small and is spinning very rapidly'. It appears that it now holds the record as being 'the fastest rotating asteroid observed to date'.

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news185.html

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