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Comet Hale-Bopp

Comet Hale-Bopp
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    Comet Hale-Bopp
  • Release Date
    October 10, 1995
  • Science Release
    Hubble Sees Material Ejected from Comet Hale-Bopp
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  • Credit
    Science Release Credit: H.A. Weaver (Applied Research Corp.), P.D. Feldman (The Johns Hopkins University), and NASA

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Material Ejected from Comet Hale-Bopp

Material Ejected from Comet Hale-Bopp

These NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures of comet Hale-Bopp show a remarkable "pinwheel" pattern and a blob of free-flying debris near the nucleus. The bright clump of light along the spiral (above the nucleus, which is near the center of the frame) may be a piece of the...

Comet Hale-Bopp

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Mar 28, 2025
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