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Compass Image for Asteroid (6478) Gault

Compass Image for Asteroid (6478) Gault
  • Release Date
    March 28, 2019
  • Science Release
    Hubble Watches Spun-up Asteroid Coming Apart
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  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, K. Meech and J. Kleyna (University of Hawaii), and O. Hainaut (European Southern Observatory)

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Asteroid (6478) Gault

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Hubble Witnesses Asteroid Coming Unglued This Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the gradual self-destruction of an asteroid, whose ejected dusty material has formed two long, thin, comet-like tails. The longer tail stretches more than 500,000 miles (800,000 kilometers) and is...

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