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Artist's impression of the unique rocky comet C/2014 S3 (PANSTARRS)

Artist's impression of the unique object C/2014 S3 (PANSTARRS). Observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope, and the Canada France Hawai`i Telescope, show that this is the first object to be discovered that is on a long-period cometary orbit, but that has the characteristics of a pristine inner Solar System asteroid. It may provide important clues about how the Solar System formed.

Because the object has spent most of its life away from the inner Solar System it suffered very few collisions, and its surface displays few or no craters. As it formed in the same region as the Earth did, it is mostly rocky, and therefore has only very limited cometary activity.

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ESO/M. Kornmesser

O zdjęciu

Identyfikator:eso1614a
Typ:Wizja artysty
Data publikacji:29 kwietnia 2016 20:00
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O obiekcie

Nazwa:C/2014 S3
Typ:Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet
Kategoria:Illustrations
Solar System

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