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In the same way that two spacecraft can match orbit and make "soft contact" with each other could a large asteroid or even a dwarf planet make a similar non-destructive encounter with another stellar body if it was travelling at precisely the right speed and trajectory?

by /u/Lorix_In_Oz in /r/askscience

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