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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 shows pieces of the nucleus that apparently broke off and1 were first detected during ground-based observations on March 24.

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