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Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 - Fragment B: Apr. 18, 2006
Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys image of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 fragment B on April 18, 2006. CreditsNASA, ESA, H. Weaver (APL/JHU), M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (STScI)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2006
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2006-18-1904-image
Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys image of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 fragment B on April 18, 2006.
Credits
NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (APL/JHU), M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (STScI)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 |
| Object Description | Comet |
| Distance | From Sun, April 18, 2006: 1.17 Astronomical Units (AU) or 108 million miles (173 million kilometers); From Earth, April 18, 2006: 0.22 Astronomical Units (AU) or 20 million miles (32 million kilometers) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | These HST data are from proposal : H.A. Weaver (JHU/APL), P.Lamy (Laboratoire d'Astronomie Spatiale, Marseille, France) , C. Lisse (University of Maryland), W. Reach (Caltech), and I.Toth (Hungarian Academy of Sciences). |
| Instrument | HST/ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Dates | April 18, 2006 |
| Filters | F606W (V) |
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