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DescriptionShape-Shifting Asteroid with a Comet-like Tail (noaoann19003a).tiff |
English: Active asteroids blur the distinction between asteroids and comets. Like other asteroids, they orbit the Sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter. But they can also “shape shift," unfurling spectacular comet-like tails, then packing them away again. Observations of P/2017 S5 made with the WIYN telescope identify it as a water-bearing active asteroid and a step toward understanding the origin of water on Earth. The study was carried out by a team led by D. Jewitt (UCLA) that includes NOAO astronomers Jayadev Rajagopal, Susan Ridgway, and Wilson Liu. |
Date | 31 January 2019 (upload date) |
Source | Shape-Shifting Asteroid with a Comet-like Tail |
Author | Left: WIYN Image; Right: HST Image; Credit: D. Jewitt |
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