The Subaru Telescope has revealed a fourth member of the sednoids, a group of small bodies with peculiar orbits around the outer edge of the Solar System that includes Se...
Ammonite was discovered by the survey project “FOSSIL” (Formation of the Outer Solar System: An Icy Legacy)
Cringe…
I mean, the story is cool. I really love hearing about all these bodies with weird orbits suggesting the existence of some long gone, off axis planet. It’s a fantastic mystery!
Cringe…
I mean, the story is cool. I really love hearing about all these bodies with weird orbits suggesting the existence of some long gone, off axis planet. It’s a fantastic mystery!
But those NASA bacronyms…
This isn’t NASA, it’s a Japanese research team.
But I like the backronym style, especially when it makes it easier to explain to the general public.