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Disintegrating Asteroid P2013 R3

Great Britain · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2014

David Jewitt6 March 2014

Science / Astronomy

Jewitt leads Hubble observations showing asteroid P/2013 R3 breaking into multiple pieces without evidence for a high-speed collision.

Names involved

David Jewitt

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