Breakup of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (2006)

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
700 views
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Nov 8, 2009

This video follows Fragment B of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 over the course of three days in April 2006. Hubble made three exposures with the Advanced Camera for Surveys that have here been combined to a seamless video with the help of an advanced morphing technique.

An amazing hierarchical destruction process is taking place in this comet, in which fragments are continuing to break into smaller chunks, which are trailing behind the main fragment.

Credit: ESA

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (0)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more