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3200 Phaethon scaled one in eighty thousand

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An asteroid that behaves like a comet.

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Updated at source: Apr 12, 2022

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Category: Physics & Astronomy
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Originally published here: 3200 Phaethon scaled one in eighty thousand by tato_713 - Thingiverse

I did not render this model, I just soften and simplified to look less "poly", using the model available in the DAMIT website.
The file's names explained: name_1_x_10_y.stl is 1 : x* 10y. So _1_6_10_7 is 1:600000000 or one in 60 million.

3200 Phaethon

Phaethon is an active asteroid, or rock comet, that is an asteroid that ejects clouds of dust particles like a comet. It has a very elongated orbit, like a short period comet, which crosses the orbits of all the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars). The extreme solar radiation during the perihelion makes the surface broke, expelling regolith and boulders that periodically approach the Earth, being responsible of the Geminids meteor shower. It could be an exhausted comet (without ice in its surface), or it could be alternatively a deorbited member of the Pallas family.