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Thursday, March 27, 2014

The asteroid with two RINGS

The asteroid with two RINGS: 'Totally surprising' discovery made as only gas planets were thought to have bands of rock

Totally surprising: An asteroid orbiting the sun between Saturn and Uranus (illustrated) is girdled by two rings, scientists have learned. It is the first time that such a small celestial body with rings has been observed Astronomers at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, spotted the ringed asteroid - which has a diameter of 155miles (250km) - by accident.

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