opo1614e
This sequence of images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows Comet 252P/LINEAR as it passed by Earth. The visit was one of the closest encounters between a comet and our planet
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Credit:About the Image
Id: | opo1614e |
Type: | Planetary |
Release date: | 13 May 2016, 10:00 |
Size: | 2000 x 1000 px |
About the Object
Name: | Comet 252P/LINEAR |
Type: | Unspecified : Interplanetary Body : Comet |
Category: | Miscellaneous |
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Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical r | 625 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |