Scientists have given a funny name of a tailless comet.
Astronomers have discovered the first kind of tailless comet, which may help to understand the processes of formation and evolution of the Solar system.
“We have already studied a lot of asteroids, but all of them for a long time was under the influence of high temperatures. This is the first we have found intact the asteroid,” said Karen Sword, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii.
The comet was named “Maine” in honor of the breed of tailless cats. Discovered celestial body composed of rock, usually found near the Ground, whereas most of the discovered comets formed from ice and other frozen compounds in cold regions of the Solar system.
Researchers believe that the newly found comet was formed in the same region as the Earth, and then was thrown to the far reaches of the Solar system when the planets started to come into their orbit.
The specialists who took part in the opening, now want to know how many more comets like the comet man, exists in our system.
