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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 expanded view of the near-nucleus region is only 470 miles (760 km) across. The nucleus is near the center of the frame, but the brightest area is probably the tip of the strongest dust jet rather than the nucleus itself.