Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed a unique and baffling object in the asteroid belt that looks like a rotating lawn sprinkler or badminton shuttlecock. While this object is on an asteroid-like orbit, it looks like a comet, and is sending out tails of dust into space.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1320/
Kind regards,
ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
7 November 2013
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17 October 2013: The October issue of the ESA/Hubble Science Newsletter is now available, bringing information on the upcoming “Science with the Hubble Space Telescope IV” conference in Rome in spring 2014, ...
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