Subaru Telescope Discovers &quotFossil" of the Early Solar System | Obsevation Results | Subaru Telescope
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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...
  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    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!

    But those NASA bacronyms…

    • andros_rex@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      17 hours ago

      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.

  • scytale@piefed.zipEnglish
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    1 day ago

    For those wondering, Subaru is the Japanese word for the Pleiades star cluster, which the car company is also named after and why their logo is what it is.

    • andros_rex@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      The Pleiades were pretty important for ancient astronomy - they marked the equinox about 4000 years ago, around the time many civilizations were developing.