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Posted on 10/29/2020 5:34:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Centaurs are minor planets thought to have originated in the outer region of our Solar System known as the Kuiper Belt.
Active centaurs enigmatically display prominent comet-like features such as comae or tails even though they orbit in the gas giant region where it is too cold for water to readily sublimate.
Only 18 active centaurs have been identified since 1927 and, consequently, the underlying activity mechanisms are still poorly understood.
2014 OG392 orbits between 10 and 15 AU (astronomical units) where its equilibrium temperature would be around minus 213 degrees Celsius (minus 351 degrees Fahrenheit).
Chandler and colleagues initially found suspected cometary activity in the archival images of the object from the Dark Energy Camera at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.
They then carried out a follow-up observing campaign with the DECam, the Las Campanas Observatory 6.5-m Walter Baade Telescope, and the 4.3-m Lowell Discovery Telescope.
(Excerpt) Read more at sci-news.com ...
Hey, nice find!
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I'm surprised, and a little disappointed in everyone here, that there's no Uranus jokes yet. I don't even know you anymore.We're waiting to discover if any centaur has ever entered our solar system through the back door.
Finally! ;^) It does seem unfair that one planet is the butt of all those jokes.
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