I have a silly idea. What if the smaller asteroid originates from inside of the bigger? Something happened that forced the inner material to eject outside and the asteroid became flat.
Is a flat disk a common shape for Kuiper Belt objects?
This brings up some interesting questions.Were the two lobes flat before they came into contact with each other? If they were, what are the odds they would make contact on edge with each other and stay in that position?
A few thoughts shared at today's Tuesday astronomy journal lunch (at work), which I'll try to paraphrase correctly:....These two lobes are well below the mass to force hydrostatic equilibrium, individually or cumulatively. What if this pancake shape is statistically common for KBOs?....
https://twitter.com/alex_parker/status/1093951954491969536
Try looking at post #89 on this page:http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=8454&st=75It may help you interpret the video.
I still can't see any clue about "flatness" of UT in images and video.
Quote from: mcgyver on 02/20/2019 09:15 amI still can't see any clue about "flatness" of UT in images and video.See the (interpolated) animation in reply #697 (Jan 17th!) in this very thread: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=4221.msg1902337#msg1902337