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50E-62-From Big Dark Asteroid to Beautiful Bright Comet

50E-62-From Big Dark Asteroid to Beautiful Bright Comet

FromTravelers In The Night


50E-62-From Big Dark Asteroid to Beautiful Bright Comet

FromTravelers In The Night

ratings:
Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Nov 12, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

About 26 weeks after its discovery, astronomers in Australia were the first to notice that an asteroid was beginning to have a fuzzy appearance. Six weeks later, Damian Peach, in England, took a stunning image showing this object is a beautiful comet with a coma and a long tail. This type of frog to prince transformation shows that the distinction between an asteroid and a comet may change depending on the objects distance from the Sun.
Released:
Nov 12, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Space, Asteroid Hunting, and Astronomy, an insider view.The music is "Eternity" by John Lyell.Astronomy Asteroids Space NASA Comets Earth Impact