Recently-Discovered Active Asteroid is in Fact Main-Belt Comet, Astronomers Say
456P/PANSTARRS, an active, main-belt asteroid first spotted in 2021, is recurrently active, and activity is likely driven by the sublimation of volatile ice, according to new observations from the Magellan-Baade telescope and the Lowell Discovery Telescope. The post Recently-Discovered Active Asteroid is in Fact Main-Belt Comet, Astronomers Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.


456P/PANSTARRS, an active, main-belt asteroid first spotted in 2021, is recurrently active, and activity is likely driven by the sublimation of volatile ice, according to new observations from the Magellan-Baade telescope and the Lowell Discovery Telescope.
The post Recently-Discovered Active Asteroid is in Fact Main-Belt Comet, Astronomers Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
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