Comments on: New Horizons probe survived flyby of Ultima Thule- most distant object humanity has explored. https://habitablezone.com/2019/01/01/new-horizons-probe-survived-flyby-of-ultima-thule/ Tue, 12 May 2026 20:11:45 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2019/01/01/new-horizons-probe-survived-flyby-of-ultima-thule/#comment-42730 ER Thu, 03 Jan 2019 01:17:01 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=75154#comment-42730 Binaries appear to be very common in accretion disks, and the members appear to often continue growing (by accretion)until they touch. Several examples are known in the asteroid belt. Contact binaries in stellar systems seem to occur when one or both stars grow into their Roche lobes until they touch, and actual matter transfer can occur. In these cases, the individual members were originally quite separate, but after swelling up actually touched. Binaries appear to be very common in accretion disks, and the members appear to often continue growing (by accretion)until they touch. Several examples are known in the asteroid belt.

Contact binaries in stellar systems seem to occur when one or both stars grow into their Roche lobes until they touch, and actual matter transfer can occur. In these cases, the individual members were originally quite separate, but after swelling up actually touched.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2019/01/01/new-horizons-probe-survived-flyby-of-ultima-thule/#comment-42728 podrock Wed, 02 Jan 2019 23:30:31 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=75154#comment-42728 Stunning jibberish Stunning jibberish

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2019/01/01/new-horizons-probe-survived-flyby-of-ultima-thule/#comment-42726 RL Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:44:09 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=75154#comment-42726 It has probably looked like that since long before the Earth cooled... It has probably looked like that since long before the Earth cooled…

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2019/01/01/new-horizons-probe-survived-flyby-of-ultima-thule/#comment-42725 RL Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:42:48 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=75154#comment-42725 It is complete gibberish.... It is complete gibberish….

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2019/01/01/new-horizons-probe-survived-flyby-of-ultima-thule/#comment-42723 podrock Wed, 02 Jan 2019 21:22:23 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=75154#comment-42723 <a href="http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20190102" rel="nofollow">http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20190102</a> <img src="http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Galleries/Featured-Images/pics/20190102-pr.png" alt="" /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSHOOFBxRvA" rel="nofollow">news conference</a> http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20190102

news conference

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2019/01/01/new-horizons-probe-survived-flyby-of-ultima-thule/#comment-42719 RL Wed, 02 Jan 2019 02:53:34 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=75154#comment-42719 Closest image so far- hopefully MUCH better is to come <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Detecting_Ultima_Thule%27s_Size_and_Shape_on_Approach_%28cropped%29.png/1920px-Detecting_Ultima_Thule%27s_Size_and_Shape_on_Approach_%28cropped%29.png" alt="" width="500"/> Closest image so far- hopefully MUCH better is to come

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