Monday, June 3, 2013
Strange asteroid has a tail 620,000 miles long!
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:55:13 GMT ]
By Mike WallSpace.comAn odd asteroid's peculiar tail is far longer than previously thought, stretching nearly three times the distance from Earth to the moon, scientists say.The surprising tail of dust streaming from the asteroid P/2010 A2 is about 620,000 miles (1 million kilometers) long, new photos taken by the One Degree Imager (ODI) camera at the WIYN telescope in Arizona reveal."Previous ima...
[ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:55:13 GMT ]
By Mike WallSpace.comAn odd asteroid's peculiar tail is far longer than previously thought, stretching nearly three times the distance from Earth to the moon, scientists say.The surprising tail of dust streaming from the asteroid P/2010 A2 is about 620,000 miles (1 million kilometers) long, new photos taken by the One Degree Imager (ODI) camera at the WIYN telescope in Arizona reveal."Previous ima...
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