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if anyone is wondering, the weird orbit is "explained by a simple physical mechanism likely common among many icy comets: outgassing of hydrogen as the comet wa
by ftxbro 4y ago
if anyone is wondering, the weird orbit is "explained by a simple physical mechanism likely common among many icy comets: outgassing of hydrogen as the comet warmed up in the sunlight"
- Ancalagon 4y agoThis was dismissed early on wasnt it?
- PaulHoule 4y agoThe idea was dismissed was that the object was a "hydrogen iceberg"; the idea in this paper is that cosmic rays caused the object to evolve a lot of hydrogen internally which was stuck inside until it got warmed by sunlight. Much more plausible than the "alien solar sail" hypothesis that got so much press.