Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Odd X-Pattern of Trailing Debris
2 Feb 2010, 15:00 UTC
NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA)
Something awfully curious is happening 100 million miles
from Earth in the asteroid belt. There's a newly discovered
object that superficially looks like a comet but lives among the
asteroids. The distinction? Comets swoop along elliptical orbits close in to the Sun and grow long gaseous and dusty tails, as ices near the surface turn into vapor and release dust. But asteroids
are mostly in circular orbits in the asteroid belt and are not
normally expected to be "volatile."
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#1:
It's a plane, it's a comet, It's a Bird of Prey!!!!! Star Trek Fans look at this!! I wonder what it really is.
