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Hyakutake facts for kids

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Hyakutake is a comet. It had the longest found comet tail of any comet, similar to 500 million kilometers.

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  • Comet Hyakutake inner solar system 1996

    Comet Hyakutake's trajectory through the inner solar system, with a high inclination, passed closest to the earth in late March 1996, passing over the earth's north pole. It was at perihelion on May 1.

  • Comet Hyakutake skyview 1996

    The path of Comet Hyakutake across the sky

  • X-rays from Hyakutake

    X-ray emission from Hyakutake, as seen by the ROSAT satellite.

  • Comet Hyakutake from Hubble

    Comet Hyakutake captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on 4 April 1996, with an infrared filter

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