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Published online 9 September 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050905-17
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Cosmic 'cigar' spins at astonishing pace
Pluto's neighbour has a very unexpected shape.
A recently discovered planetoid on the outskirts of our Solar System is turning so fast that it seems to have been squeezed into the shape of a cigar. And this cigar looks as if it is spinning not around its long axis, but around its middle.
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