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Subaru
Schwassman-Wachmann 3
© Subaru Telescope, NAOJ
Comet
Visible Image
Distance from the Sun: 140,000,000 km
(87,000,000 miles, 0.000015 light year)
Comet Schwassman-Wachmann 3 orbits the Sun every
5.4 years. It began splitting into pieces in 1995.
Observations with the Subaru Telescope in May 2006
showed that one chunk called Fragment B is split into
at least 50 fragments.
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Mars
© Richard Crowe / UH Hilo
Planet
Visible Image
Distance from the Sun: 228,000,000 km
(142,000,000 miles, 0.000024 light year)
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in our Solar
System. It is about half the size of Earth. The surface of
the planet is covered with rusty iron and gives it a red
appearance. This image was taken by students from
University of Hawai‘i and shows the Martian polar cap.
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Comet Holmes
CFHT © Canada-France-Hawai i Telescope / Coelum
Comet
Visible Image
Distance from the Sun: 307,000,000 km
(191,000,000 miles, 0.000032 light year)
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Comet Holmes was visible in the Fall of 2007. The white
“star” seen near the center of the comet is in fact the
dust-shrouded nucleus. At its largest, the comet was
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Jupiter
© Raphael Moreno / Submillimeter Array
Planet Submillimeter Image
Distance from the Sun: 778,000,000 km
(483,000,000 miles, 0.000082 light year)
The Submillimeter Array (SMA) observed the debris left
over from the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
(SL9) and Jupiter in 1994. We see abundant
cyanohydrogen (HCN) gas from the comet in the redcolored areas and less in the blue-colored areas.
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SMA
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