First Comet Seen by WISE
The red smudge at the center of this image is the first comet discovered by NASA Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The comet is a dusty mass of ice and parades around the sun every 4.7 years.
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NASA ID
PIA12449
Date Created
February 11, 2010
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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