Tuesday, May 20, 2014

RDFRS: Asteroid Found with Rings! First-of-Its-Kind Discovery Stuns Astronomers

RDFRS: Asteroid Found with Rings! First-of-Its-Kind Discovery Stuns Astronomers




Large_asteroid-chariklo-rings
An artist's view of the rings surrounding the asteroid
Chariklo, which is only 155 miles across. The asteroid is the first
non-planetary body in the solar system discovered to have its own ring
system. Credit: Lucie Maquet

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