7968 Elst–Pizarro
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Comet Elst–Pizarro is a body that displays characteristics of both asteroids and comets, and is the prototype of active asteroids. Its orbit keeps it within the asteroid belt, yet it displayed a dust
7968 Elst–Pizarro imaged at La Silla Observatory in August 1996. The narrow tail is visible.
Hyakutake Color
118401 LINEAR
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118401 LINEAR is an active asteroid and main-belt comet that was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research 1-metre telescopes in Socorro, New Mexico on September 7, 1999. LINEAR was disco
7968 Elst–Pizarro
…cross-listed as both comets and asteroids: 2060 Chiron (95P/Chiron), 4015 Wilson–Harrington (107P/Wilson–Harrington), 60558 Echeclus (174P/Echeclus), 118401 LINEAR (176P/LINEAR), (323137) 2003 BM80 (282P/2003 BM80), (300163) 2006 VW139 (288P/2006 VW139), (457175) 2008 GO98 (362P/2008 GO98), and (248370) 2005 QN173…
Gemini North imaging of Asteroid 118401