{"id":38468,"date":"2011-08-20T16:57:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T16:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/are-you-ready-to-riddle\/"},"modified":"2011-08-20T16:57:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T16:57:36","slug":"are-you-ready-to-riddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/are-you-ready-to-riddle.php","title":{"rendered":"Are You Ready To Riddle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:  Solved by Roger at 12:15 CDT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Happy Riddle Day!  Or, as the unenlightened like to say; Happy Saturday.  I’m glad to see you back to challenge the riddle once again.<\/p>

Today’s riddle will be fun (I know, I say that every Saturday) and quick.  We’re still dealing with reality, so you’ll find your answer today in textbooks.  With that in mind, let’s hop right on it:<\/p>

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Modern bronze copy of Young Centaur, Malmaison<\/p><\/div>

We think of this as one thing, but it’s actually composed of many things.<\/p>

This was known to our ancestors.<\/p>

You don’t have to go outside the neighborhood to find this one.<\/p>

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NASA\/HST Gliese 623b (large one) and 623a (smaller star at about 4:00)<\/p><\/div>

While considered to be very old, parts of this are much younger…<\/p>

…which is odd, when you think about it.<\/p>

In fact, it may have started out as something altogether different, and then got — well — disrupted.<\/p>

Some studies seem to show a hungry little monster hiding out and quietly eating everything in its path.<\/p>

But later studies seem to show otherwise.<\/p>

Whatever is going on, there’s a lot of it.<\/p>

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Portrait by Thomas Murray, ca 1687<\/p><\/div>

Of it’s group, today’s answer is one of the most massive.<\/p>

This was incorrectly described in Ptolemy’s catalog.<\/p>

The person who “discovered” it got it wrong, too.<\/p>

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Uh-oh. Looks like somebody divided by zero.<\/p><\/div>

There you have it; one fresh, new riddle.  I know everybody will be right on top of this one, so get your guesses in early.  You know where to find me; as always, lurking in the comment section.  Hey!  I’m getting pretty good at lurking, aren’t I?<\/p>

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