a little poem from the paper

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

           like a bone for a dog
           
           the small planet cleopatra

           is formed,  m o v i n g

           together with thousands of other small planets

           in the asteroid girdle 

           around the sun.


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the words, but not their arrangement, are taken from the first sentence of an 
article in today's faz (p. 14). it goes on: "a group of scientists under the 
direction of steven ostro from the jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena 
(california) has turned the 305-meter-telescope in arecibo (puerto rico) some 
time ago to cleopatra and sent radar rays to this small planet. out of the 
echoes they composed a computer model ...." & it really looks like a bone.   
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 happy p-day to everybody! kai