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post 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.
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post Sep 5 2007, 09:18 PM
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Nice teaser in that abstract about fresh surfaces being incompatible with the derived age of the 2003EL61 group. Is he trying to imply active cryovolcanic processes on the larger KBOs, perhaps...? huh.gif


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post Sep 5 2007, 09:56 PM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 5 2007, 05:18 PM) *
Is he trying to imply active cryovolcanic processes on the larger KBOs, perhaps...? huh.gif

Nope, foliage. wink.gif
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- SigurRosFan   2003 EL61   Mar 14 2007, 09:14 PM
- - alan   QUOTE For now, the EL61 family tree includes: 1999...   Mar 14 2007, 11:02 PM
- - SFJCody   2003 EL61 would make an excellent target for the n...   Mar 15 2007, 07:59 AM
- - hendric   In related news, from Distant EKOs: http://www.bo...   Mar 15 2007, 05:25 PM
- - Superstring   Looking at the recent articles on the subject...is...   Mar 15 2007, 09:08 PM
- - SigurRosFan   1 billion years is the minimum age of the 2003 EL6...   Sep 5 2007, 02:19 PM
- - nprev   Nice teaser in that abstract about fresh surfaces ...   Sep 5 2007, 09:18 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 5 2007, 05:18 PM) Is h...   Sep 5 2007, 09:56 PM
- - Gsnorgathon   If its perihelion (35.164 AU, according to Wikiped...   Sep 6 2007, 02:47 AM

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