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‘Freakish’ Asteroid Has Six Tails, Sheds Stuff Into Space
universetoday.com ^
| November 7, 2013
| by Elizabeth Howell on
Posted on 11/07/2013 11:14:14 AM PST by BenLurkin
The mystery started when astronomers spotted a really blotchy thing in space Aug. 27 with the Pan-STARRS survey telescope in Hawaii. The Hubble Space Telescope then swung over to take a look on Sept. 10, revealing all these tails of debris flying off the asteroid.
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: asteroidp5; catastrophism
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Pictures of asteroid P/2013 P5 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA)Good shooting, Tex.
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:14:14 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Should name it Obamacare.
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:16:33 AM PST
by
AU72
To: BenLurkin
Don’t be fooled. It’s Darth Vader’s TIE interceptor, spinning out of control and leaking coolant into space.
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:18:33 AM PST
by
Boogieman
To: BenLurkin
“Signs and wonders.” Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus!
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:19:18 AM PST
by
txrefugee
To: BenLurkin; Lil'freeper
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:25:37 AM PST
by
big'ol_freeper
("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)
To: BenLurkin; Daffynition
There’s something you don’t see every day, an asteroid with dandruff.
To: Boogieman
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:28:12 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: FReepers
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:38:24 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: Boogieman
If the object were truly spinning as they claim wouldn’t the tails show curvature as they emanate from the object?
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:39:43 AM PST
by
steve86
(Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
To: BenLurkin
That looks like renderings of the Star of Bethlehem.
Interesting.
To: big'ol_freeper
"Reavers!"
Not a problem.
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:43:21 AM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:46:29 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: fella
Maybe it’s not just a big rock!
we’re doomed
DOOOOOMed!
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:51:43 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: steve86
If the object were truly spinning as they claim wouldn’t the tails show curvature as they emanate from the object? Depends on the spin rate. It if takes 20 hours for a rotation and the asteroid is traveling thousands of miles per hour, you might not see any curvature over that distance. Of course it could also be the out put of a directional rocket steering it into the path of Planet Earth. That is always a possibility in this universe.
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:54:54 AM PST
by
justa-hairyape
(The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
To: big'ol_freeper
Reavers ?? A sure cure
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:59:55 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.as a)
To: fella
Don’t know who is hotter. Kaylee, Inara, River or Zoe the warrior woman.
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posted on
11/07/2013 12:03:47 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.as a)
To: Vaquero
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posted on
11/07/2013 12:07:59 PM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: fella
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posted on
11/07/2013 12:20:43 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.as a)
To: big'ol_freeper; fella; Vaquero
I love how this thread quickly got sidetracked into a Firefly/Serenity discussion. :-D
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posted on
11/07/2013 12:21:06 PM PST
by
Pyro7480
(Viva Cristo Rey!)
To: fella
I’d trade my favorite gun for Saffron.
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posted on
11/07/2013 12:23:48 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.as a)
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