Image:PIA08452.jpg

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Description

This infrared image from NASA's 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. The flame-like objects are the comet's fragments and their tails, while the dusty comet trail is the line bridging the fragments.
Source

http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/releases/ssc2006-13/ssc2006-13a.shtml
Date

2006 May 10 (Release Date)
Author

NASA/JPL-Caltech/W. Reach (SSC/Caltech)
Permission

Unless otherwise noted, images and video on Spitzer public web sites (public sites ending with a spitzer.caltech.edu address) may be used for any purpose without prior permission [1]

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