10-26-2018, 07:56 PM
Comet or asteroid?
Too tired to post a comment, but this is work being done by the IRTF on Mauna Kea:
https://goo.gl/u4kF95
"“At the time, the assumption was that Phaethon probably was a dead, burnt-out comet, but comets are typically red in color, and not blue. So, even though Phaeton’s highly eccentric orbit should scream ‘dead comet,’ it’s hard to say whether Phaethon is more like an asteroid or more like a dead comet.”"[8)]
Too tired to post a comment, but this is work being done by the IRTF on Mauna Kea:
https://goo.gl/u4kF95
"“At the time, the assumption was that Phaethon probably was a dead, burnt-out comet, but comets are typically red in color, and not blue. So, even though Phaeton’s highly eccentric orbit should scream ‘dead comet,’ it’s hard to say whether Phaethon is more like an asteroid or more like a dead comet.”"[8)]