A Rare Hybrid of a Comet And an Asteroid Is Showing Off Its Cometary Traits0

• From Around the Web, Space
• November 3, 2020

Centaurs are rare celestial objects that can combine some of the different features of asteroids and comets. They’re basically rocky in nature, like asteroids, but can also throw out clouds of dust and gas as their exteriors vaporize, like comets.