Discovery of activity on Main Belt #Asteroid 6993 (1995 BJ4): https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.31910 -> "Activity on this outer-main belt object is likely not primarily driven by rotational instability, but rather is consistent with an impact event or sublimation based on several arguments. If this activity is sublimation driven, 6993 would be the largest known main belt comet (11.85 km), with the largest perihelion distance (2.853 au) and an unusually high geometric albedo of 0.166 ± 0.030." This picture of the asteroid's newly formed tail by Michael Jäger & Gerald Rhemann with a 16-inch telescope - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2600580800458736 - is from yesterday!
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