Pancake-like comets may be made by whirling clouds of pebbles

Spinning clouds of pebbles may result in the formation of oddly flattened objects within the photo voltaic system, together with comets and asteroids.

In 2019, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew previous an icy, comet-like object past Pluto referred to as Arrokoth. It was notable as a result of it appeared to be comparatively flat, with every of its two joined lobes squished right into a pancake form. Several different objects within the photo voltaic system appear equally squashed, together with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko,…