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Turns Out That ‘Active’ Object in Jupiter’s Orbit Is a Comet in Disguise Belfast

Turns Out That ‘Active’ Object in Jupiter’s Orbit Is a Comet in Disguise

The newly re-designated Comet P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS) as observed on June 11, 2019, using the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT) Network in Chile.Image: JD Armstrong/IfA/LCOGTAstronomers were abuzz last week following the discovery of an active asteroid in Jupiter’s orbit, in what was thought to be a new type of…
bubmag
May 27, 2020
Mysterious Object Found in Jupiter’s Orbit is another Unique Discovery of the Solar System Belfast

Mysterious Object Found in Jupiter’s Orbit is another Unique Discovery of the Solar System

Jupiter is weird enough in its unique beauty. As the biggest planet from our solar system, it protected us from numerous asteroids that could have caused some significant damage to our beloved planet. Jupiter is also a gaseous giant hundreds of times bigger than Earth.But Jupiter also has some interesting…
bubmag
May 23, 2020
Freaky ‘Active’ Object in Jupiter’s Orbit Is First of Its Kind Seen by Astronomers Belfast

Freaky ‘Active’ Object in Jupiter’s Orbit Is First of Its Kind Seen by Astronomers

Active Trojan asteroid 2019 LD2 as observed on June 11, 2019, using the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT) Network in Chile.Image: JD Armstrong/IfA/LCOGTIt’s neither an asteroid nor a comet but something in between. It’s also parked within Jupiter’s orbit, making this object the first of its kind to ever…
bubmag
May 21, 2020
Velvet wonderlands Belfast

Velvet wonderlands

Wandering around Britain, one might notice the grand theatres of the turn of the 19th/20th centuries and think they had a lot in common - a very particular, ornate style is immediately noticeable. This is because they were largely designed by the same hand: Frank Matcham, who died a hundred…
bubmag
May 20, 2020