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Old 08-11-2013, 12:20 PM
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Asteroid P/2013 P5 found by Hubble to have six comet-like tails

The NASA Science News website has a story on a discovery reported in
the Nov 7th issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have observed that asteroid P/2013 P5 has
been ejecting dust periodically for at least five months. More recently it was
observed with six comet-like tails making the asteroid appear like a "rotating
lawn sprinkler".

Story and photos here -
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news.../07nov_6tails/
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