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asteroid story totally mystifies me-- and no one else

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www.space.com/11310-huge-asteroid-2005- ... ember.html
Why is this story focusing on the whole "close approach" of this object, when the SHAPE of this thing is so anomalous!!!!!????
Seriously, Vesta and Palas are nearly the size of Ceres, and do not contain enough mass to be gravitationally spherical. Surface tension in zero-g might cause a smaller molten object to solidify in a sphere, but it doesn't seem to me this object is small enough for that.
Why am I the only one here who is sitting here wondering why this asteroid is so round?
I am astounded by it!
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death star?
space ship?

what could it be?
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Intergalactic roc egg, obviously.
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It's the Daben Urnud. Prepare for the Advent.
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Once it detects enough radar being directed against it it will activate.
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The picture is a tiny, highly pixellated shot of one portion of the asteroid from one angle. You can't tell if it's round or not from that.
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That's no moon, that's a space station!
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Murrin wrote:The picture is a tiny, highly pixellated shot of one portion of the asteroid from one angle. You can't tell if it's round or not from that.
The write-up does call it a "round, mini-world."

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Lord Zombiac wrote:That's no moon, that's a space station!
this will explain everything

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WZW4groJro&feature=related
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Martin Landau RULZE!!!!!!
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glad someone else thinks so. i have to find those on dvd for a good price.
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