As an asteroid, Phaethon is a ball composed mainly of rock, and it shouldn't have enough water ice to form the glowing fuzzy coma and tail that adorn a comet.
Sodium 'fizz' gives big asteroid Phaethon its weird comet-like appearance : Read more
Sodium 'fizz' gives big asteroid Phaethon its weird comet-like appearance : Read more
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