how to replace a object with a particle animation

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I’m making a 3d game with a bunch of asteroids flying around and the player controls a ship that can shoot the asteroids and i want to make it so when the lazer (a cylinder with a trail) hits it it dellets and the partical animation happens

this is what im trying to do now

void OnCollisionEnter(Collision col)                        //the script is on the asteroid 
    {
        var a = currentAsteroid.localScale;
        scaleOfAsteroid = a.x;                                //the asteroinds can be diffrent sizes 
        if (col.gameObject.name == gameObjectName) 
        {
            //Destroy object it is colliding with
            Destroy(col.gameObject);                           //destroying the lazer that hits it 
            
            //Destroys object it is attached to (asteroid)


            //INSERT ROCK EXPLOSION INTO GAMEOBJECT
            //Destroy(Instantiate(GameObject.Find("RockObject")).gameObject, 4);
            //a script to make diffrent things happen if the asteroid is diffrent sizes 
            if (scaleOfAsteroid >= asteroidSizeToSpawnMore)
            {
                Invoke("Explode", 0f);   //invoking the script to make the particals happen 
                Destroy(gameObject);     //distroying the asteroid 
            }
            else
            {
                Invoke("Explode", 0f);    //invoking the script to make the particals happen 
                Destroy(gameObject);       //distroying the asteroid 
            }


        }
        void Explode()
        {
            test = GameObject.Find("RockExplosion").GetComponent<ParticleSystem>(); 
            //replacing the asteroind with the animation??? 

            //testing things 
            //var test = GameObject.Find("RockObject").GetComponent<RockExplosion>(); 
            test.Play(); //playing the animation???? 

        }
    }

any help would be great thank you

2

void Explode(Transform target)
{
test = GameObject.Find(“RockExplosion”).GetComponent();
test.transform.position = target.position;
test.Play(); //playing the animation???

          }

Replace this method and call Explode(col.transform) in collisionenter method