HUBBLE ATLAS
Asteroid 6478 Gault — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

Solar System

Asteroid 6478 Gault

March 28, 2019 · ESA/Hubble

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The asteroid 6478 Gault is seen with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, showing two narrow, comet-like tails of debris that tell us that the asteroid is slowly undergoing self-destruction. The bright streaks surrounding the asteroid are background stars. The Gault asteroid is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.