Mastodon post 2026-01-27
Asteroid 431372-Jorts was predicted from gravimetric survey to be a silicaceous rubble-pile, low in metals and too loosely bound to be mined or towed. Of course a derelict alien habitat looks exactly like that, too, until you get within a kilometer of it; that’s why we approached. Of all the rocks we’ve surveyed this is only our second ever verified artifact, but the ship’s cat is super stoked, she’s been scratching to get outside constantly since we docked.