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Hubble Just Spotted a Bizarre New Object in Our Solar System - C C - Sep 25, 2017
https://www.seeker.com/space/astronomy/hubble-just-spotted-a-bizarre-new-object-in-our-solar-system
EXCERPT: Astronomers recently spotted two space rocks behaving strangely. As the asteroids orbited each other, both of them appeared to be shedding material just like a comet does — observations revealed a coma around the objects as well as a long tail of material. The group have identified this weird system, called 288P, as “the first known binary asteroid also classified as a comet.” There are a few select examples of single asteroids shedding water and dust and leaving behind a comet-like tail, but it’s the first time two of these objects were seen orbiting each other....
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RE: Hubble Just Spotted a Bizarre New Object in Our Solar System - Magical Realist - Sep 26, 2017
And then there was Peggy:
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/09/unexplained-glitch-seen-in-saturns-rings/
"Peggy has been described as an odd “glitch” in one of Saturn’s outermost rings. Through a telescope, Peggy appears to be an anomalous bright spot in Saturn’s rings, but up close appears a lot stranger. Saturn’s rings are typically smooth-looking and perfectly circular owing to the planet’s gravity, but Peggy looks like a strange rough or jagged area and measures some 750 miles across."
RE: Hubble Just Spotted a Bizarre New Object in Our Solar System - C C - Sep 28, 2017
(Sep 26, 2017 08:12 PM)Magical Realist Wrote: And then there was Peggy:
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/09/unexplained-glitch-seen-in-saturns-rings/
Now that rockabilly's juju, sacred concepts and idols have become part of inclusion awareness in the nomenclature, I'm looking forward to whatever celestial debutante garners the Suzie-Q title.
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