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245E-257-Raw Asteroid
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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Aug 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Most asteroids that we observe have been baked by the Sun for billions of years. As a result, any ices or frozen gases that they may have once possessed are long gone. Comets on the other hand have spent so much time far from the Sun that they still contain volatile materials. As a typical comet approaches the Sun, the frozen gases and ices it contains evaporate to form a beautiful coma and a long tail.
Released:
Aug 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
86-A Close Flyby: A semi-trailer truck sized, rapidly rotating, asteroid comes almost to the distance of the communication satellites from Earth. by Travelers In The Night