Solved: What is it? Space mystery object

[RJN]

Background here: http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... 28&t=18305
Winners list here: http://asterisk.apod.com/vie ... 06#p117506

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Comet Tempel 1

[bystander]

1999 JM8: A Rock Too Close (1999 Sep 01)

(53319) 1999 JM₈

[RJN]

Yup. Wow, that was quick. Maybe this is too easy.

Does anyone know of an easy way that people can post their answer, yet hide it, perhaps behind a mouse-over, so that others can continue to guess?

[bystander]

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[spoiler]message goes here[/spoiler]

[geckzilla]

I went ahead and set the spoiler button to visible on the bbcode tag row.

[RJN]

[bystander]

Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars (2008 Apr 14)

[BMAONE23]

spoiler #2

[RJN]

Please, if you can, identify the APOD from which this image fragment was taken.

[BMAONE23]

Obviously, It's the Doomsday Machine "Planet Killer" from the original Star Trek series

[The Code]

APOD: 2009 May 24 - Carina Nebula Panorama from Hubble .

Mark

[RJN]

Yes, Mark is correct. Very good! The pictured area is a small region toward the right of the image just short of half way up. Mark got it in two hours -- and I thought that one might be too hard!

Mark, would you like to do the next one? Maybe we can have an informal rule where the winner gets to post the next mystery object (within a reasonable time frame). The other rule I would like to keep is that the image must be either a complete APOD image or an APOD image fragment, so that the answer can just be given as an APOD link. (Then people who don't know can just read that APOD to find out about the object.)

- RJN

[The Code]

Space Mystery Object #4

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Identify the APOD from which this image fragment was taken.

[makc]

this look like blurred smiley face rotated 90 degrees to the left.

[The Code]

Thanks RJN.


I like a challenge. And that certainly was one. New Game up.


Job Done.

Mark

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A butterfly?

[BMAONE23]

It strongly resembles a cross between Vesta and Wild's Nucleus

[RJN]

I'm stumped. I was thinking one of the asterioid Steins images:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080908.html
but it doesn't seem to match up. Can we have a small hint?

[The Code]

Ok Mate.

You want a hint. No Probs.

It is one of four. And 72 miles across. The better Half.

[neufer]

Ok Mate.

You want a hint. No Probs.

It is one of four. And 72 miles across. The better Half.

Thebe: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap971127.html

Would anyone dare to have me do one.

[bystander]

You did post the correct answer first. Just remember, it has to be from an APOD, not some free association.

[neufer]

You did post the correct answer first. Just remember, it has to be an APOD, not some free association.

Or a piece of an APOD...that leaves LOTS of possibilities.

[RJN]

OK. Got it. Art's right.

The "72 miles" was a big hint because it could be put right into APOD's search engine.

Good one, though!

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Identify the APOD from which
this image fragment was taken.

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