https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/21/retrograde-asteroid-is-interstellar-immigrant-scientists-say
Looks like Jupiter has Lagrange debris fields.
Looks like Jupiter has Lagrange debris fields.
Cool solar system animation
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/21/retrograde-asteroid-is-interstellar-immigrant-scientists-say Looks like Jupiter has Lagrange debris fields. -- Drew |
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It was available on NY Times as well.
Here. The most amazing part is that the orbit has been that way for over 4 billion years. One would think some other asteroid would have collided with it. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
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Nah, space is big
-- Drew |
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Really big. You just won't believe...
Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson. |
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But is it big enough to be "one really large person"?
bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again. |
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I forgot..! to Name this contrarian entity appropriately:
The Boxsteroid? Bad moi (;-^> So little time/so much to Classify.. |