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Depicts: Hyakutake, C/1996 B2 Copyright: H. A. Weaver (Applied Research Corp.), HST Comet Hyakutake Observing Team, and NASA Show in archive: true
This image shows pieces of the nucleus that apparently broke off and1 were first detected during ground-based observations on March 24.