Astronomy Picture of the Day - March 18 - Comet Pons-Brooks' Swirling Coma
Channel: Introduction to Astronomy
Date: 2024-03-18

In today's image, we see an image of Comet Pons-Brooks. The coma is highlighted to show the swirling pattern around it. It is thought this might be caused by the rotation of the nucleus of the comet as material is vaporized of its surface by the energy of the Sun.

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