Pluto mapped... and EL61 paper

Adam — 9/15/2005 1:50:10 PM (archived)

Hi All

Interesting article and image at BBC...

New HST map of Pluto

...which was damaged when first posted, but is now fixed.

Also Brown and co. have released a paper on 2003 EL61 which is a very weird object...

PrePrint

...it's as wide as Pluto but is spinning so fast it's a football. And yet is as dense as rock. Its moon might be one remnant of a lost icy crust.

Adam

The whole thread (8 posts)

Pluto mapped... and EL61 paper - Adam - 9/15/2005 1:50:10 PM
- Wow Won That Bet Fast - Mark Eby - 9/15/2005 11:35:06 PM
  - Let's see what they are saying about the object in a year or so. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/16/2005 6:04:31 PM
    - Sure, Was Expecting to Wait on Pluto Express (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/17/2005 4:00:32 AM
- Cool. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/15/2005 10:32:43 PM
- Of course... - R.L. - 9/15/2005 9:57:30 PM
  - Too subtle for me. Schwartz? or? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/16/2005 6:07:03 PM
    - ??? (n/t) - ?? - 9/16/2005 8:01:26 PM

Recent posts

On this day in Space/Science

The whole thread (8 posts)