Hmmm: cometary peanut shape may have to do with passes by the sun

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alcaray — 1/13/2004 6:27:09 PM (archived)

Elongated circumference ends up pointed at the sun more?

Seems counter intuitive to me. Light pressure would be greater vs. a side-on orientation than on an end-on orientation. Wouldn't that tend to mediate towards a sphere shape? The dynamics must be a lot more complicated than I know.

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Stardust has apparently discovered something unique. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/13/2004 3:16:35 PM
- Hmmm: cometary peanut shape may have to do with passes by the sun - alcaray - 1/13/2004 6:27:09 PM
  - I still say it's a cavern. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/13/2004 9:11:00 PM
- The picture just afterward that NASA is suppressing ;) - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 6:21:09 PM
  - TESB. Yea! I remember...a long time ago in a galaxy... :-)> (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/13/2004 9:01:39 PM
- We learned how to make our own caves, several hundred thousand years ago. 8-} (n/t) - alcaray - 1/13/2004 5:48:33 PM

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