Active Asteroid 6478 Gault Snapped by Hubble
Description
Asteroid 6478 Gault is ~2.5-5.5 miles (4–9 kilometers) wide and has "two narrow, comet-like tails of debris," according to ESA/NASA. The Hubble Space Telescope was used to capture image of it.
Credit: NASA, ESA, K. Meech and J. Kleyna (University of Hawaii), O. Hainaut (European Southern Observatory) - Music: James Creasey — Space Drone (creaseyproductions.com)
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