"Spiral UFO" Photographed by Hubble -- in the Asteroid Belt!!

reply to post by Cygnis

I wish we could get Nasa to invest in some better optics for looking around at things.

my thoughts exactally as well...and actually .. it was my very first thought..

Originally posted by JimOberg

Sorta spiral shaped, maybe more cross-shaped...

but weird all the same...

I like the subject, but would you please not sensationalize the title to get more attention? Seems to be a chronic problem on ATS. Thanks for the thread, tho.

reply to post by OrionHunterX

What's there to 'enjoy' in your badly pixelated zoomed image? It actually sucks to hell and high heaven!

First, keep your language correct. childrens are reading.

Second, "badly pixelated zoomed image".
I need to give some explanations first.





on the upper left, you have a copy paste of zoomed part from Hubble image 421559main_hs-2010-07-a-print-full.jpg
on upper right, I zoom myself the comet from same image. And you can notice that it is less "badly pixelated" ??? so enjoy it.

on right down, inverted color of previous image.
on left down, modified brightness and contrast of previous image



[edit on 3-2-2010 by mixmix]

personally .. the only thing that was 'seemly' left out was the object's trajectory .. .it would intresting to see where exactally is going TO..

It's a rather large spacecraft that is circular with a light of some kind on one side. If it were an asteroid impact, both asteroids would have sped out away from the tail. The propulsion is unknown, but dust is reacting to it. I suspect maybe a propulsion similar to the solar wind.

ok, if this is in the asteroid belt, how long will that last? it's not like it's
100k ly away.

11k mph would be pretty quick on the hubble to move to see it.

therefore it should have before and more after pics?

or do i miss something?

What is most interesting to me about this strange object is it physical distintion. The image is pretty shabby, so its hard to see the object besides just seeing its tail, but the object itself seems to have a strange balancing shape..

That does not make me think its a Space ship It just has a strange shape is all. If our theory is its a result of a collision from a asteroid, and comet or something well, that collision made a balanced physical compound..

Star and flag..

now this is a good topic for the UFO, section.

Originally posted by bugstomper
reply to post by JimOberg

 

"...This complex structure suggests the object is not a comet but instead the product of a head-on collision between two asteroids traveling five times faster than a rifle bullet. Astronomers have long thought that the asteroid belt is being ground down through collisions, but such a smashup has never before been seen."

So there you have it! Nothing out of the ordinary.

Wheres your proof?

Sorry but that object still tells me its an unknown, you know NASA said back in the past, that they will treat all UFO sightings in space, as either one of these things.


Comets
asteroids

Now maybe you can show me with evidence which asteroids actually look like an X? OH right you dont have evidence, case, ASTEROIDS OR COMETS CANT DONT SOMETHING LIKE THAT


Its clearly either A spacestation in space, Wormhole like the in mass effect or an Spaceship traveling in warp speed or behind space dust.

Originally posted by DrJay1975
The tail is about 300 kilometers long. Near the front of the object is a 650 foot space rock. Being as it simply "appeared" it's most likely the collision of a large asteroid and a smaller one and the tail is the debris field. The smaller object was probably only a few meters across and it hit with a glancing blow.

So how do you explain the "debris field" glowing like that?

Once again, Electric Universe explains everything.

thunderbolts.info...

reply to post by Agent_USA_Supporter


The asteroid (or in your eyes "spaceship") is not an X shape. The X is created by the debri streams in its tail. The object creating the tail is the bright object on the left of the picture.

Quote from NASA: Dr Robert J Nemiroff, astrophysicist at Michigan Technological University and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center reports: Close inspection, however, shows a 140-metre nucleus offset from the tail centre, very unusual structure near the nucleus, and no discernable gas in the tail.

"Knowing that the object orbits in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, a preliminary hypothesis that appears to explain all of the known clues is that P/2010 A2 is the debris left over from a recent collision between two small asteroids.

Read more: www.thesun.co.uk...

If it were a space ship, firstly why would it orbit a remote asteroid belt. Secondly, what are the things falling from it leaving a trail (its not an exhaust as NASA reported that the tail was solid and not gas).

We are way to quick to jump on the "OMFG UFO!!!" bandwagon at ATS. Just think logically and try not to conviently forget the key facts that disprove UFO theories, even if it makes the event not as interesting.

February 2, 2010: Something awfully curious is happening 100 million miles from Earth in the asteroid belt. There's a newly discovered object that superficially looks like a comet but lives among the asteroids. The distinction? Comets swoop along elliptical orbits close in to the Sun and grow long gaseous and dusty tails, as ices near the surface turn into vapor and release dust. But asteroids are mostly in circular orbits in the asteroid belt and are not normally expected to be "volatile." The mystery object was discovered on January 6, 2010, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) sky survey. The object appears so unusual in ground-based telescopic images that discretionary time on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was used to take a close-up look. The observations show a bizarre X-pattern of filamentary structures near the point-like nucleus of the object and trailing streamers of dust. This complex structure suggests the object is not a comet but instead the product of a head-on collision between two asteroids traveling five times faster than a rifle bullet. Astronomers have long thought that the asteroid belt is being ground down through collisions, but such a smashup has never before been seen

Comets have now been observed up close and proven to be solid rock, with NO ICE evident. Scientists are "baffled" by the cometary tail.

All the asteroids are orbiting in the same direction, just like everything else in the solar system. So how do you have a "head-on collision faster than a rifle bullet" ? ????

Show me an asteroid orbiting in the opposite direction.

thunderbolts.info...

Just a funny shaped piece of debris i imagine, still very cool and i agree with the klingon warbird analysis!. Oh and not a fan of mass effect, since everyone else seems to be mentioning it in their posts.

To presume that all asteroids travel in exactly the same direction and at the same speed is quite naive.

Is it me, or am I the onlyone who DOESN'T see a spiral in the photo?

I see an 'X',..... well, sorta. Maybe a broken 'X'.

No, you know what I see, I see random space rocks that happen to be flowing in one direction. And when a picture was taken of them, they happened to be in the totally random formation.



PERIOD!

Originally posted by Pryde87
To presume that all asteroids travel in exactly the same direction and at the same speed is quite naive.

They would have to be traveling in exactly opposite directions to have a head on collision. They are all orbiting in the same direction. One would have to be overtaking another at enormously higher speed. There is no evidence of any asteroids traveling double the speed of the others.

Originally posted by Pryde87
reply to post by Agent_USA_Supporter

 

The asteroid (or in your eyes "spaceship") is not an X shape. The X is created by the debri streams in its tail. The object creating the tail is the bright object on the left of the picture.

Quote from NASA: Dr Robert J Nemiroff, astrophysicist at Michigan Technological University and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center reports: Close inspection, however, shows a 140-metre nucleus offset from the tail centre, very unusual structure near the nucleus, and no discernable gas in the tail.

"Knowing that the object orbits in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, a preliminary hypothesis that appears to explain all of the known clues is that P/2010 A2 is the debris left over from a recent collision between two small asteroids.

Read more: www.thesun.co.uk...

If it were a space ship, firstly why would it orbit a remote asteroid belt. Secondly, what are the things falling from it leaving a trail (its not an exhaust as NASA reported that the tail was solid and not gas).

We are way to quick to jump on the "OMFG UFO!!!" bandwagon at ATS. Just think logically and try not to conviently forget the key facts that disprove UFO theories, even if it makes the event not as interesting.

Quote from NASA: Dr Robert J Nemiroff, astrophysicist at Michigan Technological University and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center reports: Close inspection, however, shows a 140-metre nucleus offset from the tail centre, very unusual structure near the nucleus, and no discernable gas in the tail.

Close inspection, however, shows what we believe must be this objects nucleus since we think this must be an asteroid since we don't really expect to see anything else than rocks and comets in outer space, so we figure it is a 140-metre nucleus offset from what we believe might be the the tail center, very unusual structure near the nucleus, and no discernible gas in the tail.

Here, fixed it for ya and for your astrophysicist.

People are not to quick to jump on the OMG UFO bandwagon, that's what people often do. What do you expect them to do? To actually get excited about rocks tumbling in outer space? What's so exciting about that?
Geeks..err scientists get excited about those things usually. hey also seem pretty desperate to actually show something of not so much ordinary rocks, in order to grab some of people's attention.

Also, this shape is an unusual candidate. ANYTHING else of a more spherical and or uniform nature would be appearing like a piece of rock anyways and of course would have passed unnoticed.
Now the official explanation, (which is not there yet, but just some speculation from science dudes grasping for straws, still) is that this is a very very very slow motion explosion, of two asteroids crashing on one another.
Ok, interesting. Dear scientists show us some evidence of these very very very slow motion explosions between these tumbling rocks on outer space. At least that's much more exciting than just tumbling rocks.


[edit on 3-2-2010 by spacebot]

Originally posted by CaptChaos

Originally posted by DrJay1975
The tail is about 300 kilometers long. Near the front of the object is a 650 foot space rock. Being as it simply "appeared" it's most likely the collision of a large asteroid and a smaller one and the tail is the debris field. The smaller object was probably only a few meters across and it hit with a glancing blow.

So how do you explain the "debris field" glowing like that?

Once again, Electric Universe explains everything.

The same way the Moon and Mars "glow"...
...i.e., lit by sunlight.

I know this is not the correct place to post this. But I have less the 20 posts so I can't start a thread. A meteor has just been sighted over Co Meath In Ireland. Very cool.

www.youtube.com...

Originally posted by ucalien
I don't wanna sound like an UFO nut, but the supposed "comet-like asteroid" caught by Hubble, seems quite symmetrical to be natural. [atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/e81e2eb05392.jpg[/atsimg]

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[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/b2dabaaa673d.jpg[/atsimg]

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/6d66885aec4d.jpg[/atsimg]
After zoomed notice the organic-like texture. Crazy huh?

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/0ecc3ee1cbc8.jpg[/atsimg]
This isn't any nebula. It's a solid massive object.

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/211459b2cddc.jpg[/atsimg]
And VOILÁ... An arrow-like object parked onto this mass.

[edit on 2-2-2010 by ucalien]

Most of the times humans just don't want to see the obvious. Simply because it is too scary, it will turn their house of cards apart and although they continously shout and scream for UFO eveidence, they don't BUY it when it's presented.

Common people WHAT do you see here? Without 'fitting' it into your reference window?

WHY are there currently sooooo many topic on Google, Media etc. that refer (sometimes slighty) to extraterrestial life / beings?

It's time to WAKE UP! Get your heads off the keyboard & computerscreen and SEE what is going on!

Peace!

As i see it....

It is a Object travelling at great speed that breaks. (break=Change speed) not break apart.

Like this..



The X configuration is the result of the projection of ice from the object at the breaking point. The object, now visible keeps moving at a slower speed leaving the breaking point

Just another thought about it...