
This image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer features comet 65/P Gunn. Comets are balls of dust and ice left over from the formation of the solar system. The comet tail is seen here in red trailing off to the right of the comet nucleus.
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NASA ID
PIA13115
Date Created
June 14, 2010
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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