These great hollow globes of artificial super-metals, and artificial transparent adamant, ranged in size from the earliest and smallest structures, which were no bigger than a very small asteroid, to spheres considerably larger than the Earth. (Olaf Stapledon, STAR MAKER)
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
The Fifth Dwarf
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows an artistic depiction of Haumea, the fifth object in our solar system to be designated as a "dwarf planet" (along with Pluto, Ceres, Eris and Makemake). Haumea was recently found to have not only a ring, but two moons of it's own (Hi'iaka and Namaka).
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