(SMH) Six-tailed asteroid stuns scientists

A strange asteroid that appears to have multiple rotating tails has been spotted with NASA’s Hubble telescope between Mars and Jupiter, astronomers say.

Instead of appearing as a small point of light, like most asteroids, this one has half a dozen comet-like dust tails radiating out like spokes on a wheel, said the report in Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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One comment on “(SMH) Six-tailed asteroid stuns scientists

  1. rdrjames says:

    Spokes? Wheels? sounds like Ezekiel on steroids! Watch out Earth!
    Rdr. James Morgan
    Olympia, WA