Submitted by 8th_House_Stellium t3_yuge6j in space
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8th_House_Stellium OP t1_iw9968s wrote
The asteroid like rocks were very irregularly shaped, like potatoes, and they seemed to be orbiting, but not touching, the glowing object. When I was a kid, I told people I saw another solar system with it's asteroid belt, but as an adult, I know that couldn't have been what I saw because this was just a home telescope.
AdoltTwittler t1_iw9a4lj wrote
It's tempting to suggest Jupiter and it's moons but you would not have been able to see an irregular shape of anything near Jupiter with a small telescope. Where the smaller objects as bright as the main object? How fast were the small objects moving? Could you see movement minute by minute?
8th_House_Stellium OP t1_iw9acbj wrote
They didn't appear to be moving, and the two smaller objects were much dimmer than the glowing orange thing. The smaller objects were grayish brown.
AdoltTwittler t1_iw9bb0c wrote
My best guess is Jupiter but I really don't know. Sorry!
AbbotThoth t1_iw96yfz wrote
Not sure but this may help you find what you are looking for?
8th_House_Stellium OP t1_iw97d9b wrote
That would have helped if I could remember the exact date/time. I just remember I was in elementary school, and it was the cold time of the year (January, probably) and close to midnight.
SpartanJack17 t1_iw97vq8 wrote
Hello u/8th_House_Stellium, your submission "I saw something with a 16" scope as a kid--it was a softly glowing yellow-orange ball with two irregular asteroid-like rocks on either side of it. It was the middle of the night and I pointed my telescope straight up. Nobody has ever been able to tell me what I saw. It was too yellow to be Mars." has been removed from r/space because:
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space-ModTeam t1_iw984sn wrote
Hello u/8th_House_Stellium, your submission "I saw something with a 16" scope as a kid--it was a softly glowing yellow-orange ball with two irregular asteroid-like rocks on either side of it. It was the middle of the night and I pointed my telescope straight up. Nobody has ever been able to tell me what I saw. It was too yellow to be Mars." has been removed from r/space because:
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AdoltTwittler t1_iw98rcb wrote
I am sure I can't provide you with any information on what you saw but I am curious. Can you describe the asteroid like rocks more? Did they appear to be attached to the glowing object? How did they appear different from the glowing object?