Similar objects in the Solar System likely delivered the bulk of water on Earth and represent the building blocks of the terrestrial planets.
Not exact matches
«We also found that it had a reddish color,
similar to
objects in the outer
Solar System, and confirmed that it is completely inert, without the faintest hint of dust around it.»
«Oumuamua's spectrum is
similar to those of other
objects in the
solar system suspected of concealing such icy interiors.
The asteroid, now dubbed «Oumuamua (scout or messenger
in the Hawaiian language), is dark red
in color,
similar to
objects from the far reaches of our own
solar system.
In contrast to earlier observations the team did not observe dust that will later form into planets, but dust created in collisions between small planets of a few kilometres in size — objects called planetesimals that are similar to the asteroids and comets of the Solar Syste
In contrast to earlier observations the team did not observe dust that will later form into planets, but dust created
in collisions between small planets of a few kilometres in size — objects called planetesimals that are similar to the asteroids and comets of the Solar Syste
in collisions between small planets of a few kilometres
in size — objects called planetesimals that are similar to the asteroids and comets of the Solar Syste
in size —
objects called planetesimals that are
similar to the asteroids and comets of the
Solar System.
We also found that it has a dark red colour,
similar to
objects in the outer
Solar System, and confirmed that it is completely inert, without the faintest hint of dust around it.»
«If we're right, oceans
in the outer
solar system are common, and other
objects of
similar size to Pluto there probably also have subsurface oceans,» says Francis Nimmo, a lead author of one of the studies and planetary scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
The large satellites of Uranus show unique geologic features we'd like to understand (such as the tortured - looking surface of Miranda, a small moon with the tallest cliff
in the
Solar System), while Neptune's satellite Triton is thought to be a captured Kuiper Belt
object,
similar to Pluto, potentially harboring an ocean under its icy surface.
«We also found that it has a dark red color,
similar to
objects in the outer
solar system, and confirmed that it is completely inert, without the faintest hint of dust around it.»
Follow - up observations, detailed today
in Nature, have found that the asteroid is dark and reddish,
similar to the
objects in the outer
Solar System.
A new study led by Western University's all - star cosmochemist Audrey Bouvier proves that the Earth and other planetary
objects formed
in the early years of the
Solar System share
similar chemical origins — a finding at odds with accepted wisdom held by scientists for decades.
«We also found that it had a reddish color,
similar to
objects in the outer
solar system, and confirmed that it is completely inert, without the faintest hint of dust around it.»