How the bluest asteroid in the solar system got its color - Space.com
6/16/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Tereza Pultarova
by Tereza Pultarova
The blue color of asteroid Phaethon has puzzled scientists since the space rock's discovery in the early 1980s.
An unusual blue-tinged asteroid likely got its trademark color from intense sunlight, new research finds, solving a decades-old mystery. The blue color of asteroid Phaethon has puzzled scientists … [+3284 chars]
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