Incoming Comet ISON
by Marco Oliveira
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Title
Incoming Comet ISON
Artist
Marco Oliveira
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Incoming Comet ISON
Image Credits: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Retouching by Marco Oliveira
About this image:
[Source: http://hubblesite.org]
Image of the sunward plunging Comet ISON. In this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image the comet's solid nucleus is unresolved because it is so small. If the nucleus broke apart then Hubble would have likely seen evidence for multiple fragments. Moreover, the coma or head surrounding the comet's nucleus is symmetric and smooth. This would probably not be the case if clusters of smaller fragments were flying along.
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September 16th, 2015
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