NASA’s Swift Spies Comet Lulin
February 20, 2009
| Credit | NASA/Swift/Univ. of Leicester/Bodewits et al. |
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| Historical Date | February 20, 2009 |
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This image of Comet Lulin, taken Jan. 28, 2009, merges data acquired by NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (blue and green) and X-Ray Telescope (red). At the time of the observation, the comet was 99.5 million miles from Earth and 115.3 million miles from the Sun.
More information: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/bursts/lulin.html
