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Fission of Eta Carinae?

Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:30 pm
by Perry Cooper
Is it possible that that the mass of Eta Carinae is vibrating back and forth between its rotational axis and its ecliptic? Might it fission into two stars? Is man observing a slice of a phenomenon that has been encountered at an immensely differently scale?

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:28 am
by makc