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Signifying what?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pawyilee ( talk • contribs) 04:30, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
From the Satellite section: "In radar images, the satellite appears brighter than 1998 QE2 because it is rotating significantly more slowly and the much slower rotation rate compresses the satellite along the Doppler axis." Does this make any sense at all? Slow rotation does not compress objects, and compression does not make objects brighter. Maproom ( talk) 15:15, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
I think a mention should be made somewhere about all the streams that were put up there:
http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/31/18658007-asteroid-1998-qe2-sails-past-earth-leaving-cosmic-lessons-behind?lite and http://www.universetoday.com/102561/early-images-coming-in-of-asteroid-1998-qe2s-flyby/ RocketLauncher2 ( talk) 16:45, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
The article says it's covered with a soot-like substance. Only one source I found says this while another one says that it's albedo makes it as reflective as soot. http://www.sen.com/News/observatories-set-to-watch-asteroid-sail-by.html Thoughts? -- RocketLauncher2 ( talk) 16:49, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
The article says it would be a good target for telescopes. Did any information come out from it yet or is this all the information we have on this article? RocketLauncher2 ( talk) 22:21, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
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Signifying what?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pawyilee ( talk • contribs) 04:30, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
From the Satellite section: "In radar images, the satellite appears brighter than 1998 QE2 because it is rotating significantly more slowly and the much slower rotation rate compresses the satellite along the Doppler axis." Does this make any sense at all? Slow rotation does not compress objects, and compression does not make objects brighter. Maproom ( talk) 15:15, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
I think a mention should be made somewhere about all the streams that were put up there:
http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/31/18658007-asteroid-1998-qe2-sails-past-earth-leaving-cosmic-lessons-behind?lite and http://www.universetoday.com/102561/early-images-coming-in-of-asteroid-1998-qe2s-flyby/ RocketLauncher2 ( talk) 16:45, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
The article says it's covered with a soot-like substance. Only one source I found says this while another one says that it's albedo makes it as reflective as soot. http://www.sen.com/News/observatories-set-to-watch-asteroid-sail-by.html Thoughts? -- RocketLauncher2 ( talk) 16:49, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
The article says it would be a good target for telescopes. Did any information come out from it yet or is this all the information we have on this article? RocketLauncher2 ( talk) 22:21, 10 June 2013 (UTC)