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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Needless Only Planet , Asteroids also Have Rings

Needless Only Planet , Asteroids also Have Rings

The team of scientists discovered an asteroid , which is about 2 billion kilometers from Earth , which is surrounded by two rings are believed to be made ​​of ice .

Astronomers have found that not only Jupiter , Neptune , Saturn , and Uranus in our solar system have rings .

The team of scientists from the southern part of the Americas has discovered an asteroid , which is about 2 billion kilometers from Earth , which is surrounded by two rings are believed to be made ​​of ice .

Writing in the journal " Nature , " the team was named the asteroid Chariklo . The scientists saw the first time last June when the asteroid that inhibits the light of a star when it passes in front of the star .

Astronomers classify it as a Centaur - a space object with an erratic orbit similar to comets and asteroids .

The team said not knowing what form the ring , but suspect the ring is the result of a collision .

Astronomer Brazil , Felipe Braga Ribas , called the discovery of the ring at all coincidental .

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