I know what you guys are thinking, Trek has been vindicated, the Romulans are out there, ready to decloak and rain their Plasma down on Earth...well for now, that isn't the case.

In this instance, Romulus and Remus are....Asteroids!

Astronomers have discovered the first Triple Asteroid - its an Asteroid (Known as 87 Sylvia) that is orbited by 2 other, smaller Asteroids. (Now known as Romulus and Remus)

The Asteroids are out in the Asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars. The Astronomers didn't think they would ever find a Triple-Asteroid, because orbital Ateroids are usually formed by a collision between two objects, and the resulting ejecta from the collision goes on to form the orbiting body, just like how our Moon was formed.

Since the ejecta would gather over time, only one 'Moon' would form, which is why this Asteroid is so unusual, and the first one known.

This is a link with info (And artist's impressions' movies) about the Asteroids, but of course, you can also do a google to find out more, just type in '87 Sylvia', or 'Romulus and Remus +Asteroids'.

Wicked Matress (got it right now) I wonder if Trek had anything to do with it hmm?

I wonder if that was intentional or not...?

Centurion PM'd me back. Apparently it's a glitch with the site that hosts his avatar that causes it to change size.

I've sent him some links with alternative avatars, so he'll likely be changing it soon.

So thats why it took longer for the page to load

lol, I thought there was a maximum size for the avatars. But it appears you can have them as larger as you want them (or don't want them) to be

Anyway, I have a replacement now. Will change it later when that damned site is up and running again. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I noticed the size of the avatars as well. My avatar is currently about 2.5 times bigger than the max allowance, (It's currently 15.8Kb) but my old one was 18 times too big! (110Kb) 8O

Don't try it with armadafleetcommand.com though, trust me, they are stricter with the limits.

Centurrion i prefer it this size actually, clearer than before.

I'll have to do some deep digging, but if I rememeber right Caridassa was a small city/state on or near the boot of now Italy..... I think.....

Qo'nos. = me thinks it was a border country of what is now mongolia and china right?.... Sorry my brain is fried.... lol I think i'm way off base here...