The second object, nicknamed Santa because it was found on December 28, 2004, is one of the more bizarre objects in the solar system, according to Rabinowitz. His observations from a small telescope in Chile show that Santa is a cigar-shaped body whose length is about the diameter of Pluto. No large body in the solar system comes close to rotating as fast as Santa, which has a four-hour period. Observations by the team at the W. M. Keck Observatory have shown that Santa also has a tiny moon, nicknamed Rudolph, which circles it every 49 days.
A cigar-shaped body? Wouldn't a better name be...ah nevermind.
12 posted on 10/01/2005 5:23:06 PM PDT by Simmy2.5
(There are more conspiracies at DU then there are on Coast to Coast AM.)