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Community photo entitled Asteroid with cometary activity: (6993) 1995 BJ4 by Filipp Romanov on 11/05/2026 at Liverpool Telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands

Asteroid with cometary activity: (6993) 1995 BJ4

On 11/05/2026 00:00 am by Filipp Romanov | Website | Liverpool Telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands

On 2026-11-05, remotely using 2-m Liverpool Telescope, I observed (6993) 1995 BJ4: asteroid with cometary activity. I detected the tail without a coma by stacking 12 60-second frames. This interesting phenomenon is described in detail here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.31910