Ancestors

Written by MaxTheFox on 2025-01-14 at 16:34

https://science.arizona.edu/news/conversation-asteroids-solar-system-could-contain-undiscovered-superheavy-elements

I was sus of this at first but apparently reputable journals reported on this? Slightly old news but neat, I didn't know this existed.

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Written by Michael Busch on 2025-01-14 at 16:53

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That report was based on an impossibly high mass value for 33 Polyhymnia; which was stated to be incorrect even in the sources it references.

e.g. They used the mass value given in Carry 2012, ignoring the rest of the line that labels it as inaccurate: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1203.4336

The asteroid's actual mass is 6 times lower and its volume is larger; bringing the density down into the normal range: https://groups.io/g/mpml/topic/101917502#msg39045

Johann Rafelski did his students a disservice.

@nyrath

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