Strange Comet Unlike Anything Known

www.space.com/scienceastronomy/stardust_results_040617.html

A detailed analysis of the comet Wild 2 (pronounced "Vilt 2") has left astronomers astounded at an object that has no known peers in the solar system.

The comet, examined in a close flyby in January by NASA's Stardust spacecraft, has towering protrusions and steep-walled craters that seem to defy gravity. More than a dozen jets of material shoot out from its insides. Dust swirls around the comet in unexpectedly dense pockets.

Interesting to see a crater named Mayo

Cheers,
~Al

An interesting Article, just goes to show that sending probles to other solar system bodies is scientifically VERY valuable because we don't tend to find what we expect!

BB

P.S. I always knew Mayo was a hole but now we have evidence!

P.S. I always knew Mayo was a hole but now we have evidence!

Aren't all the roads in Cavan full of holes?? :lol: