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This is Halley’s Comet’s peanut – shaped nucleus about 15by 8 km in size.

Dany 0 Comments March 12, 2022

This image was taken 36 years ago in March 1986 at a distance of about 2,000 km by ESA’s Giotto spacecraft.

Only after 2061 will 1P / Halley return to the inner solar system.l

#asteroid #comet #esa #giotto #halley

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