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Comet Hale-Bopp |
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The above Hubble image was taken on September 26th, 1995 when comet
Hale-Bopp was still well outside the orbit of Jupiter, at a distance
of over 600,000 million miles from the Sun. Even relatively modest-sized
telescopes could see the comet at this time because it was exceptionally
bright. Analysis of the Hubble images indicate that the nucleus
of Hale-Bopp might be up to 25 miles across, making it one of the
largest comets ever discovered. Photo: H. A. Weaver, Johns Hopkins University, his HST observing team, and NASA. Kitchen | Venus | Resources | Table of Contents | |