To: absolootezer0
Scientists believe the object is only 50-100 kilometers (30-60 miles) across. At that size and given the facts that it is made of mostly ice and sprouts a tail on close proximity to Sol....doesn't that make it a comet?
22 posted on
08/18/2008 2:03:09 PM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Conservatives say, 'Seeing is believing.' - - - Liberals say, 'Believing is seeing'.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
From the article
However, its orbit never brings it close enough to the sun for it to develop a tail.
23 posted on
08/18/2008 4:07:10 PM PDT by
SunTzuWu
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