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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