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Pick a Postcard - Comets


This is an image of Comet Kohoutek.
Courtesy of NASA

This is a full view of Comet Hyakatuke.
Courtesy of Hal Weaver (Applied Research Corp.), HST Comet Hyakutake Observing Team and NASA

This is an image of Comet P/Halley taken with the Halley Multicolor Camera on the ESA mission Giotto.
Courtesy of NASA/NSSDC

This is an illustration of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter.
Courtesy of H.A. Weaver, T.E. Smith (Space Telescope Science Institute) and J.T. Trauger, R.W. Evans (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and NASA



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