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Astronomers from Massachusetts (USA) discovered an asteroid that changes its color.
A unique asteroid, according to scientists, not only changes color, but and behaves like a comet, leaving a trail. At Researchers have two main versions on this subject: the asteroid is fast spins or spins dust off the surface.
The cosmic body, code-named “6478 Gault,” moves in asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars. The footprint that leaves an asteroid behind it makes it look like a comet, and this a mysterious object leaves two traces simultaneously.
A photo open source NASA, ESA, K. Meech and J. Kleyna, O. Hainaut
When scientists began to study the asteroid in infrared range, we noticed that he suddenly changed color from red to blue. This was a real surprise for scientists who reported that they’re seeing for the first time how an asteroid rolls red dust, leaving it in the form of a tail behind itself, and immediately plunges into blue dust.
Scientists explain this behavior of an asteroid activity, due to which the object drops dust into space. Scientists hope to get more information about this object at the next its passage. Some researchers believe that finding of this object in the asteroid belt only enhances dust its surface.
Andrey Vetrov
