Wild 2 Comet Analyzed 115
Mz6 writes "Back in January Slashdot reported about the Stardust probe and its capture of particles from the tail of Wild 2 (pronounced 'Vilt 2'). You might also remember about how it snapped 72 images of the comet and sent them back to JPL. Well, after a detailed analysis of the comet Wild 2 and building upon preliminary analysis in March, it has left astronomers at JPL astounded at an object that has no known peers in the solar system. The comet has towering protrusions and steep-walled craters that seem to defy gravity, more than a dozen jets of material shoot out from its insides, dust swirls around the comet in unexpectedly dense pockets, and boasts 2 large 'footprints', aptly named Left and Right."
Gravity defying craters? (Score:3, Insightful)
Steep-walled craters that seem to defy gravity? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Gravity? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Jump into orbit? (Score:3, Insightful)
His usage of orbit is ambiguous anyway. You could feasibly "jump" into orbit around the sun.
Re:crap science (Score:1, Insightful)