Mini-Comets Coming Off Comet SW-3
Image of Fragment B and associated mini-comets. This is a digitally-enhanced zoom-in version of PR Photo 15b/06 to show in a better way some of the smaller fragments. An arrow indicates the fragments that could be seen, including the main one - on top, the two just below that have just split and five others, much dimmer.
04/25/06: VLT Takes Images of Disintegrating Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3.
European Southern Observatory
