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SigurRosFan
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 Mar 14 2007, 11:02 PM
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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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- 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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