Comet Linear Fragments (Close-Up Version)

esahubble_opo0027d August 7th, 2000

Credit: NASA/ESA, Harold Weaver (the Johns Hopkins University), and the HST Comet LINEAR Investigation Team.

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/opo0027d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (R)	675.0 nm

ID: opo0027d
Subject Category: A.2.2.1
Subject Name: C/1999 S4, Comet Linear
Credits: NASA/ESA, Harold Weaver (the Johns Hopkins University), and the HST Comet LINEAR Investigation Team.

Release Date: 2000-08-07T17:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0027d/

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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: R
Central Wavelength: 675

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo0027d

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0027d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:16:44+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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