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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Worst comment ever.
- Starch, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10don't tell Peter Jackson, he'll make a 4-hour movie about it
- rodrigo74, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3In a hole in the universe, there lived a hobbit galaxy...
- Reaganomicon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You're such a cute little hobbit galaxy! Yes you are! Yes you are!!
- michaelb1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i get it. They're Hobbitt galaxies since they're small.
- Prototek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I can't think of a better name because everybody knows hobbits are smaller than dwarves.
- milomilomilo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2you've spammed 10 articles with that *****. Enough!
- Moleculor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Actually, he won't, considering he won't be making The Hobbit, either.
- Hazardc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Will it bury? That is the question.
- Obvioustroll, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What I want to know is: WTF is the difference between a "hobbit galaxy" and a globular cluster?
There are definitely clusters within the Milky Way that are larger than these "hobbit galaxies". They are definitely in orbit around the Milky Way, the same as the clusters. They consist almost entirely of old stars - just like clusters. Is the difference merely how far from the core they are? - pavlovscat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Obvioustroll, I'd guess the difference is based on the extent of gravitational attraction holding these systems together. A globular cluster would be far more densely packed per volume of space (cubic light year, parsec, whatever) with stars (and hence more gravitationally bound) than one of these so-called "hobbit galaxies".
- MadEnvoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wonder if this is where ***** Floresiensis, "Hobbits", come from?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3948165.stm - polyGone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1gotta love those pop-ups.............in firefox..............
- Obvioustroll, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's certainly a possibility; the article doesn't characterize them.
Good point. - Obvioustroll, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Pretty much, yeah - as I understand it, galaxies grow by absorbing other, smaller galaxies. The milky way is actually in the process of digesting another galaxy right now; but we can't really see it because it's on the far side from us.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/galaxy_gobble_030924.html - Hegemony, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dude, you're a goddamn ***** smoker. It's creepy how much you dislike Kevin Rose and digg. Perhaps you're only angry because he has rebuffed your sexual advances with automated emails. Your wiki is lame, so stop spamming. There are ways to point out flaws, having a spaz-fest is not one of them.
- ray901, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So it seems, and now everything that is small is called a 'hobbit'. I hope these scientists realise that hobbits are not real. Stupid scientists, naming scientific phenomenon after fictional charaters in a fantasy book - the same fictional characters - over and over. Way to stand out from the religious crowd.
- Ramtech, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1they better stay away from us...
black holes are everywhere..
warping space and time... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2One ring nebula to rule them all...
- CaptShmo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Smallest galaxy ever discovered huh, maybe we should call it a "Bobbit" galaxy
- aragon127, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0They're halfling's not hobbits.
- sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2How does one ***** a goat with no dick?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3I believe it was Reagan who used the phrase "touch the face of God" in the speech regarding the loss of the Challenger astronauts.
Regarding your other complaint, shut up. - EricCiccone, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2I bet in a few million years, a lot of these dwarf galaxies are going to "collide" with our galaxy, gravity is going to attract them to us.
- nobody1357, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0will it blend
- blackmariah, on 10/12/2007, -12/+5Shut the ***** up, you pathetic dickless *****.
- Chilllllion, on 10/12/2007, -29/+2That's where LOTR took place. LOL. HOBBIT. LOL.
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