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