Comet Hale-Bopp
This is a series of Hubble Space Telescope observations of the region around the nucleus of Hale-Bopp, taken on eight different dates since September 1995. They chronicle changes in the evolution of the nucleus as it moves ever closer to, and is warmed by, the sun.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | C/1995 O1, Hale-Bopp |
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| Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet |
| Category: | Solar System |
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Hubble Space Telescope
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