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Inner Region of Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2 , Hyakutake) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Inner Region of Comet Hyakutake

March 27, 1996 · ESA/Hubble · C/1996 B2 , Hyakutake

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This image is 2070 miles across (3340 km) and shows that most of the dust is being produced on the sunward-facing hemisphere of the comet. Also at upper left are three small pieces which have broken off the comet and are forming there own tails.