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Faraway comet spins into the light

The 6-hour spin cycle of a grayish-blue ball of ice orbiting the sun out beyond Neptune and Pluto may hold clues to the formation of the solar system.

References:

1998. First rotation period of a Kuiper Belt object measured. ESO Workshop on Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System. Press Release. November. Garching.

Sources:

Olivier Hainaut
ESO Office Santiago
Alonso de Cordova 3107
Vitacura, Casilla 19001
Santiago 19
Chile

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 20, November 14, 1998, p. 310. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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