decametre

British

/ ˈdɛkəˌmiːtə /

noun

dam. ten metres

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The findings appear in the paper titled "Hayabusa2♯ mission target 1998 KY26 preview: decametre size, high albedo and rotating twice as fast" published in Nature Communications.

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Decametre, dek′a-mēt-ėr, n. a French measure of ten metres, or 32.8 feet.

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