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Date: 27 March 1997 Satellite: ISO Depicts: Dust from Hale-Bopp and Stellar dust cloud (HD 1000546) Copyright: ISO (ESA), SWS & C. Waelkens at al. Show in archive: true
Infrared emissions from Comet Hale-Bopp signal the predominance of a crystalline form of olivine, in the mineral dust emerging from the comet. The same material is conspicuous in a dust cloud around a young star, where planet formation may be in progress.