Planetoid Pairs Reveal a Kinder, Gentler Neptune
Artist’s conception of a loosely tethered binary planetoid pair like those studied by Fraser et al. in this work which led to the conclusion that Neptune’s shepherding of them to the Kuiper Belt as gradual and gentle in nature.
Credit:Gemini Observatory/AURA, artwork by Joy Pollard.
About the Image
Id: | gemini1702b |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | April 4, 2017 |
Related releases: | gemini1702 |
Size: | 2550 x 3300 px |
About the Object
Category: | Illustrations Solar System |