Comet Breaks in Two — May Be Close to Disintegration
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 14:51
in Astronomy & Space
The end may be near for a comet that has been breaking into pieces for more than 20 years. On Feb. 12, viewers using the Slooh online observatory's telescope in Chile were among the first to see the nucleus of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann break into two