Showing posts with label Asteroid P/2010 A2 Collision. Show all posts
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11 October 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 10.10.10 10OCT2010

Asteroid P/2010 A2 Collision

"Astronomers report that a small asteroid located in the inner asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter took a major hit early last year. Previously rendered only in artists' conceptions, the first asteroid collision known in modern times revealed itself in a tail of debris streaming from what astronomers at first assumed was a comet. Instead of a steady stream of dust ...