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A Million Comet Pieces
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A Million Comet Pieces

NASA / JPL · 2006-05-10 · photograph (digital archive)

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This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the broken Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3 skimming along a trail of debris left during its multiple trips around the sun.

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Schwassmann-Wachmann 3Spitzer Space Telescope
Credit lineA Million Comet Pieces. NASA/JPL, 2006-05-10. Public domain. ID: PIA08452.
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