Second Moon Around 2003 El61, Santa / Rudolph / ? |
Second Moon Around 2003 El61, Santa / Rudolph / ? |
Nov 30 2005, 12:59 PM
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http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/2003EL61/#moon - The moons of 2003 EL61
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Nov 30 2005, 03:48 PM
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QUOTE (SigurRosFan @ Nov 30 2005, 06:59 AM) Fascinating. A very informative article. Football shaped, huh? Too bad, though, about the background color (ugh). Certainly whets one's appetite for the Kuiper Belt... |
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Dec 2 2005, 02:30 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
QUOTE (Omega @ Nov 30 2005, 03:48 PM) Fascinating. A very informative article. Football shaped, huh? Too bad, though, about the background color (ugh). Certainly whets one's appetite for the Kuiper Belt... Somehow I don't buy the football shape. I strongly suspect that this is some sort of contact binary. -------------------- |
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Dec 2 2005, 04:59 PM
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QUOTE (tedstryk @ Dec 2 2005, 10:30 AM) Why not? Just because nothing in the inner solar system looks that way? This wouldn't be the first astrophysical example of an object forced to a strongly elliptical shape by its spin. Take for example the star Archenar. |
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