Inner Region of Comet Hyakutake
These are Hubble Space Telescope images of comet Hyakutake (designated C/1996 B2), taken at 8:30 P.M.. EST on Monday, March 25 when the comet passed at a distance of only 9.3 million miles (about 15 million kilometres) from Earth.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | C/1996 B2, Hyakutake |
| Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet |
| Category: | Solar System |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical R | 675 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |