Our #HubbleTopImage flashes back to an asteroid and its curious comet-like tails! ☄️ The asteroid, P/2013 P5, was first imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 10 September 2013. When imaged again 13 days later, its appearance had completely changed – it seemed as though the entire structure had swung around.⁠ ⁠ One theory was that the asteroid’s rotation rate had increased to the point where dust fell off its surface and escaped into space, where it swept out into tails by the pressure of sunlight.⁠ ⁠ For more information check the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ 📷 NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (University of California, Los Angeles), J. Agarwal (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research), H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), M. Mutchler (STScI), and S. Larson (University of Arizona)⁠ ⁠ #ESA #Hubble