How the bluest asteroid in the solar system got its color - Space.com

The blue color of asteroid Phaethon has puzzled scientists since the space rock's discovery in the early 1980s.

An unusual blue-tinged asteroid likely got its trademark color from intense sunlight, new research finds, solving a decades-old mystery. The blue color of asteroid Phaethon has puzzled scientists … [+3284 chars]

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