Hubble Observes Six Tails from an Unusual Asteroid

Uploader: Hubble Space Telescope

Original upload date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Archive date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 00:29:57 GMT

On November 7th, the Space Telescope Science Institute released observations of an asteroid, designated P/2013 P5 that showed six comet-like tails of dust radiating from it like spokes on a wheel. Th
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