esahubble_opo0026c July 28th, 2000
Credit: NASA/ESA, H. Weaver and P. Feldman (Johns Hopkins University), M. A'Hearn (University of Maryland), C. Arpigny (Liège University), M. Combi (University of Michigan), M. Festou (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées), and G.-P. Tozzi (Arcetri Observatory)
The nucleus cannot be seen in these images because it is about a mile or so across, which is too small for the Hubble telescope to see.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0026c/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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