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The Mysterious Comets That Hide in the Asteroid Belt

Por: The New York Times Science November 18, 2022

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What do you expect to find in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter? Unsurprisingly, asteroids — of bits of rocky debris — would be the correct answer. But recently, astronomers have found some oddball objects that appear to be misplaced hiding in the rubble: comets.Now, as reported last week in a study in the , a survey dedicated to hunting these misfits might have spied another icy individual blasting its own matter into... + full article



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