Whorl an asteroid (was Re: Blue/Green == Urth/Moon???)

Michael Straight · 07 Oct 1997, 15:24 · from whorl-v0007.mbox · original

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From: Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu>
Subject: (whorl) Whorl an asteroid (was Re: Blue/Green == Urth/Moon???)
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 15:24:36
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On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, John Eric Ivancich wrote:

> In looking through the archives, people have referred to the Whorl as
> a hollowed out asteroid.  My image of it is as a cylinder, perhaps
> obviously man-made when viewed externally.  Did I miss the evidence
> for this asteroid view?

I think people were just assuming it, because it seems like the easiest
and most obvious way to make something like the Whorl.

-Rostrum

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