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SOHO’s unique view of a comet that fell to pieces
 
17 May 2001

The hydrogen cloud around Comet LINEAR
The hydrogen cloud around Comet LINEAR as observed by the SWAN instrument on SOHO on 26 June 2000, almost a month before the comet disintegrated. The field of view is 21 million kilometres wide. Credit: SOHO/SWAN (ESA & NASA) & J.T.T. Mäkinen et al.
 
 
Fragments of Comet LINEAR seen as mini-comets
Fragments of Comet LINEAR seen as mini-comets by the Hubble Space Telescope on 5 August 2000. Part of a dust tail is visible at top right. Credit: HST/WFPC2 (NASA & ESA) & H.A. Weaver et al.
 
 
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