Comet Linear Fragments (Close-Up Version)
Depicts: Comet Linear, C/1999 S4
Copyright: NASA, Harold Weaver (the Johns Hopkins University), and the HST Comet LINEAR Investigation Team.
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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.
Last Update: 1 September 2019