Wednesday, March 26, 2014

In a first, scientists find an asteroid with rings

Chariklo, an asteroid-comet hybrid known as a centaur, is the first object besides our solar system's giant gas planets found to have rings.



In a first, scientists have detected rings encircling an M&M-shaped asteroid known as Chariklo.



via L.A. Times - Science http://ift.tt/QhAcPN

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