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03-28-2014, 12:02 AM
Discovery of Ringed Asteroid Stuns Astro**mers
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Scientists have made a stunning discovery in the outer realm of the solar system — an asteroid with its own set of rings that orbits the sun between Saturn and Uranus. The space rock is the first **n-planetary object ever found to have its own ring system, researchers say.
The pair of space rock rings encircle the asteroid Chariklo (http://www.space.com/25177-asteroid-between-saturn-and-uranus-has-rings-animation.html). They were most likely formed after a collision scattered debris around the asteroid, according to a new study unveiled March 27. The asteroid rings also suggests the presence of a still-undiscovered moon around Chariklo that's keeping them stable, researchers said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/27/found-asteroid-with-rings/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Scientists have made a stunning discovery in the outer realm of the solar system — an asteroid with its own set of rings that orbits the sun between Saturn and Uranus. The space rock is the first **n-planetary object ever found to have its own ring system, researchers say.
The pair of space rock rings encircle the asteroid Chariklo (http://www.space.com/25177-asteroid-between-saturn-and-uranus-has-rings-animation.html). They were most likely formed after a collision scattered debris around the asteroid, according to a new study unveiled March 27. The asteroid rings also suggests the presence of a still-undiscovered moon around Chariklo that's keeping them stable, researchers said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/27/found-asteroid-with-rings/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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