k Jet rotating with comet 252P LINEAR, HST image Hubble Space Telescope HST images showing comet 252PLINEAR passing by Earth on the 4th of April 2016. The images show a jet of dust ejected from the comets icy nucleus and illuminated by sunlight. Across the images, the jet is also seen changing direction evidence that the comets nucleus is rotating. Images captured by Hubbles Wide Field Camera 3., Photo by NASA, ESA, and J.Y. Li Planetary Science InstituteSCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Jet rotating with comet 252P LINEAR, HST image Hubble Space Telescope  HST  images showing comet 252P LINEAR passing by Earth on the 4th of April 2016. The images show a jet of dust ejected from the comet s icy nucleus and illuminated by sunlight. Across the images, the jet is also seen changing direction: evidence that the comet s nucleus is rotating. Images captured by Hubble s Wide Field Camera 3., Photo by NASA, ESA, and J. Y. Li  Planetary Science Institute  SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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Jet rotating with comet 252P LINEAR, HST image

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images showing comet 252P/LINEAR passing by Earth on the 4th of April 2016. The images show a jet of dust ejected from the comet's icy nucleus and illuminated by sunlight. Across the images, the jet is also seen changing direction: evidence that the comet's nucleus is rotating. Images captured by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3., Photo by NASA, ESA, and J.-Y. Li (Planetary Science Institute)/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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