The Hubble space telescope has imaged something very odd at the edge of our solar system – although, rather disappointingly, it’s not death planet NIbiru on its way to kill us all.
PA took her own life after being unable to get a job for seven monthsInstead, it’s two asteroids locked in a strange, spiraling embrace, which also behave oddly like comets.
Hubble was used to image the mysterious object designated 2006 VW139, in September 2016 – and the image revealed that it’s not one, but two asteroids.
The features of the binary asteroid – such as its comet-like activity, and the fact that the two parts are the same size – make it unique.
‘We detected strong indications for the sublimation of water ice due to the increased solar heating, similar to how the tail of a comet is created,’ said study leader Jessica Agarwal of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany.
Understanding its origin and evolution may provide new insights into the early days of the solar system.
Main-belt comets may help to answer how water came to a bone-dry Earth billions of years ago.
Argawal said, ‘We need more theoretical and observational work, as well as more objects similar to this object, to find an answer to this question.’
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