2003 EL61, News ... |
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Mar 14 2007, 09:14 PM
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Mike Brown ... and his team discovered that five small Kuiper belt objects were travelling in similar orbits to 2003 EL61, the third-largest KBO ever found. The discovery hinted that the five pieces are fragments that split off after an ancient collision. ---------- - Icy chips off the old asteroid block -------------------- - blue_scape / Nico -
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Mar 14 2007, 11:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
QUOTE For now, the EL61 family tree includes: 1999 OY3, 1995 SM55, 1996 TO66, 2002 TX300, 2003 OP32, and the moons of 2003 EL61. But Barkume hopes to examine many more family candidates in the coming months. http://skytonight.com/news/home/4398671.html I wouldn't call 2002 TX300 small, its the tenth brightest (absolute magnitude) in the Kuiper belt. |
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