Animation of Comet 2I/Borisov
On 12 October 2019, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observed Comet 2I/Borisov at a distance of approximately 420 million kilometres from Earth. The comet is believed to have arrived here from another planetary system elsewhere in our galaxy.
Credit:NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA).
About the Video
Id: | heic1918a |
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Release date: | 16 October 2019, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1918 |
Duration: | 11 s |
Frame rate: | 25 fps |
About the Object
Name: | 2I/Borisov |
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Type: | Milky Way : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid |
Category: | Miscellaneous |