Asteroid suddenly shows off a comet-like tail

[Gordon_R]

https://www.cnet.com/news/asteroid-suddenly-shows-off-a-comet-like-tail/

An asteroid discovered decades ago may have become a comet in recent months, according to telescope observations that spotted a tail accompanying the space rock.

The newly intriguing object is named Asteroid (6478) Gault, and observations from December and early January show it has developed a tail.

"A possible scenario is that there was a collision between Gault and another object, releasing material into space, that we see like a tail/trail," astronomer Gianluca Masi said in a blog post for the Virtual Telescope Project, which managed to catch the object with its Italy-based telescope.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6478_Gault

 

[Polymathic]

Can't even tell the difference between the comet and asteroid yet these "scientists want us to trust them on global warming and vaccinations. What have "scientists" ever done that they were 100% sure about?

 

[ArmatageShanks]

Can't even tell the difference between the comet and asteroid yet these "scientists want us to trust them on global warming and vaccinations. What have "scientists" ever done that they were 100% sure about?

Oh for God sake