The cause of dust ejection from Main-Belt Comet P/2012 F5 (Gibbs)
Asteroids, unlike comets, do not present a tail, but some exceptions are known. Spanish astronomers observed one of these uncommon asteroids withe the Gran Telescopio Canarias and found that a short duration event ocurred around the 1st of July of 2012 might have created the tail
Asteroids, unlike comets, do not present a tail, but some exceptions are known. Spanish astronomers observed one of these uncommon asteroids withe the Gran Telescopio Canarias and found that a short duration event ocurred around the 1st of July of 2012 might have created the tail
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Artistic representation of the asteroid. / SINC
Reference:
Fernando Moreno, Javier Licandro, Antonio Cabrera-Lavers."A short-duration event as the cause of dust ejection from Main-Belt Comet P/2012 F5 (Gibbs)". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 761 (1), diciembre de 2012. Doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/761/1/L12.
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