Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University ...
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Astronomers have puzzled for years over a strange pattern in the outer solar system. A surprising number of icy bodies far beyond Neptune resemble snowmen, made of two rounded lobes stuck together.
The finding, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, offers an explanation based on a ...
Learn why some icy objects inhabiting a remote region beyond Neptune look like snowmen.
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Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University researchers now have ...