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Phil

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Oct 11, 2023, 3:10:59 PM10/11/23
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NASA have released EM images of material from Bennu, and it contains,
amongst other things, "Framboids":

<https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/screen-shot-2023-10-11-at-11-38-31-am.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_720,w_1280,c_fill/f_webp>

A word I'd never seen before, but it's obvious from the image what it
means, and the origin turns out to be just what I guessed. Nice.

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Phil Carmody

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Oct 12, 2023, 3:03:46 PM10/12/23
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Never seen the word before, nor the images yet, but I have to take a WSitD:
Raspberries?

Phil
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Phil

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Oct 12, 2023, 6:43:11 PM10/12/23
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On 12/10/2023 20:03, Phil Carmody wrote:
> Phil <ph...@anonymous.invalid> writes:
>> NASA have released EM images of material from Bennu, and it contains,
>> amongst other things, "Framboids":
>>
>> <https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/screen-shot-2023-10-11-at-11-38-31-am.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_720,w_1280,c_fill/f_webp>
>>
>> A word I'd never seen before, but it's obvious from the image what it
>> means, and the origin turns out to be just what I guessed. Nice.
>
> Never seen the word before, nor the images yet, but I have to take a WSitD:
> Raspberries?
>
> Phil

Yup. Raspberry-shaped things. From framboise, according to Wiki.

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