Althouse: That asteroid...

January 27, 2015

That asteroid...

... had its own moon.

9 comments:

Original Mike said...: It passed through the BeeHive Cluster about midnight last night. Would have liked to observe it but, clouds.; 1/27/15, 8:17 AM
traditionalguy said...: We are being entirely too earth centric. There are trillions of trillions of such space objects and we care only about our home team. That's not cosmically correct.

But a scientist quoted in Bill Bright's book, A Short History of Everything, observed that the special design of everything that allows life on this earth suggests the Universe at least knew we were coming.; 1/27/15, 9:13 AM
Wince said...: The grainy, black and white photos show the asteroid, about a third of a mile in size, spinning through space, with its 230-foot-wide moon trailing behind.

Surprised an object that size would have enough mass/gravity to hold a moon.

Is it super-dense?; 1/27/15, 9:13 AM
Original Mike said...: "We are being entirely too earth centric. There are trillions of trillions of such space objects and we care only about our home team."

Speak for yourself.; 1/27/15, 9:23 AM
Gahrie said...: Forget this shit...tell me the important stuff..what type of shirts were they wearing?; 1/27/15, 9:35 AM
PB said...: I'll orbit Kate Upton if they'll let me. More than gravity attracts.; 1/27/15, 11:59 AM
T. A. Hansen said...: I agree with Gahrie. I wonder if the shirt offends Mrs. Althouse.; 1/28/15, 1:09 AM
Rusty said...: EDH said...
The grainy, black and white photos show the asteroid, about a third of a mile in size, spinning through space, with its 230-foot-wide moon trailing behind.

Surprised an object that size would have enough mass/gravity to hold a moon.

Is it super-dense?

Such being the case. Shouldn't something be orbiting Michael Moore?; 1/28/15, 6:05 AM
Freeman Hunt said...: I looked at and around the Beehive Cluster for a time last night. It was very pretty. Which one of those dots was the asteroid, I couldn't say.; 1/28/15, 10:33 PM