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)
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Driving Me Backwards
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a short video depicting the asteroids that have been captured by Jupiter's attraction. Most orbit Jupiter in the same direction and have clustered around the "Trojan Points" (and, if named, they are named after various characters in the Iliad). However, look at 2015 BZ509. Why does it swim against the stream?
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