Mauna-kea - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community http://www.instablogs.com/mauna-kea/ Mauna-kea - Latest Popular Stories powered by Instablogs Community. http://www.instablogs.com/site-img/insta-slogo.gif Instablogs Community http://www.instablogs.com/mauna-kea/ en-us Instascript 2.0 http://www.instablogs.com Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:30:35 +0000 A Mini-Planet's Odd Orbit http://irani.instablogs.com/entry/a-mini-planets-odd-orbit/ http://irani.instablogs.com/entry/a-mini-planets-odd-orbit/ Irani

The solar system’s formation needs a rethinking. This is felt with the discovery of ‘Buffy,’ an object on the Kuiper Belt’s fringe that extends far beyond Neptune. It is a frigid mini-planet 300 to 600 miles across. The...

]]> The solar system’s formation needs a rethinking. This is felt with the discovery of ‘Buffy,’ an object on the Kuiper Belt’s fringe that extends far beyond Neptune. It is a frigid mini-planet 300 to 600 miles across. The object seems to be throwing a...

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Strudel reports that the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - began a study of ways to deflect Near Earth objects (NEOs) like asteroids. They will send a massive spacecraft and make it sit next to a NEO which will then be...

]]> Strudel reports that the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - began a study of ways to deflect Near Earth objects (NEOs) like asteroids. They will send a massive spacecraft and make it sit next to a NEO which will then be attracted...

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