Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Comet Hale-Bopp in the Outer Solar System
Explanation:
Whatever became of Comet Hale-Bopp [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…http://apod.gsfc.na…Hale-Bopp ]? The brightest comet [ http://www.nineplan…] in recent years has continued into the outer Solar System [ http://www.explorat…] and is now farther from the Sun [ http://www.nineplan…] than Saturn [ http://www.solarvie…]. To the surprise of many, Comet Hale-Bopp [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] is still active, continuing to spew gas, ice and dust particles out into space. Pictured above earlier this month, Comet Hale-Bopp [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] can be seen in the Southern Hemisphere [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] with a moderate sized-telescope. The continued activity of Comet Hale-Bopp [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] may be due to the large size of its nucleus [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] - estimated to be about 50 kilometers across. The unusual dotted appearance [ http://www.eso.org/…] of most stars in the above image [ http://www.eso.org/…] is due to the 14 discrete exposures that were centered on the comet and not the stars.
Credit and Copyright:
Olivier Hainaut [ mailto:ohainaut@eso. org ] (ESO [ http://www.eso.org/]) et al., MPG/ESO 2.2-m Telescope [ http://www.ls.eso.o…], WFI [ http://www.ls.eso.o…], La Silla Observatory [ http://www.ls.eso.o…], ESO [ http://www.eso.org/]
keyword:
comet
keyword:
Hale-Bopp
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_what:
ESO
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
COMETS
facet_what:
comet
facet_what:
Comet Hale-Bopp
facet_what:
solar system
facet_what:
Hale-Bopp Comet
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap010326

Comet Hale-Bopp in the Outer Solar System
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