BerserkonXBL

Im a planetary science research assistant, so in a way I am a scientist! Perhaps a junior scientist? This is just pretty far out of my realm of knowledge so I'm trying to compare it to things I know about impacts and formation, it definitely is a tough problem!

Any idea what caused this object to form it's cigar shape? Perhaps hot and fast ejecta from a large scale impact in a distant star system, hot enough to be decently viscous and stretch the object to it's current shape?

Karen, would you recommend UH for someone looking to do a PhD in planetary science? It is one of the many grad schools I was thinking of applying to and I haven't really heard much from people who went there.

Thanks!