Comet Linear Fragments (Hubble View)

Esahubble_opo0027b_1024

esahubble_opo0027b August 7th, 2000

Credit: Hawaii University

In one stunning Hubble picture the fate of the mysteriously vanished solid nucleus of Comet LINEAR has been settled. The Hubble picture shows that the comet nucleus has been reduced to a shower of glowing 'mini-comets' resembling the fiery fragments from an exploding aerial firework.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0027b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
C/1999 S4 Comet Linear
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 675.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Esahubble_opo0027b_1280
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ID
opo0027b
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
C/1999 S4, Comet Linear
Credits
Hawaii University
Release Date
2000-08-07T17:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0027b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Optical
Bandpass
R
Central Wavelength
675
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0027b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:16:38+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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