Closeup of Comet Encke from STEREO
This is a closer view of Comet Encke's collision with a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) as seen by the STEREO satellite on April 20, 2007. The collision is notable because it completely removed Encke's tail. The blue color here is a gradient added to help make the comet and CME more visible.
Closeup of Comet Encke
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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Animator
- Walt Feimer (HTSI)
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Scientist
- Angelos Vourlidas (NRL)
Missions
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[STEREO]
ID: 169The STEREO mission consists of two Sun-observing spacecraft that will travel around the Sun on orbits slightly inside and slightly outside Earth's orbit.
This dataset can be found at: https://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, October 1, 2007.
This page was last updated on Monday, January 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM EST.