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gary
13-10-2017, 12:24 AM
Harrison Tasoff from SPACE.com reports (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bizarre-dwarf-planet-haumea-has-rings/)in Scientific American today
on the discovery that the Kuiper Belt dwarf planet Haumea has a ring
system.





Article here :-
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bizarre-dwarf-planet-haumea-has-rings/

Nature paper here :-
http://www.nature.com/articles/nature24051.epdf?referrer_access_to ken=pFGp0d0IppsnEtbsYxtCZdRgN0jAjWe l9jnR3ZoTv0Nn2Be8IVdyunt-zYVmzk5Ln6r11MMrpWa_clRfZYLpDuB9mLf M0IJvwI-AAGwTQDfgXSo8iIEWFOSICXrJi-Yp_j2tdawSRMNISQ4KlWzPcpsoI5qb_9Tv6 KihSQkcSJ2gBqxb1hYKQ2_lMzMteS8n&tracking_referrer=www.scientificame rican.com

rally
13-10-2017, 09:56 AM
Thx Gary.
Fascinating stuff.

Sounds like a very large peanut with a halo !!