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Disintegration Scenario for Asteroid P/2013 R3

Disintegration Scenario for Asteroid P/2013 R3
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    P/2013 R3
  • Release Date
    March 6, 2014
  • Science Release
    Hubble Witnesses an Asteroid Mysteriously Disintegrating
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  • Credit
    Illustration: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)

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Last Updated
Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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