Comet Encke tail stripped away by a CME

  • Released Monday, October 1, 2007
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This animation shows how Comet Encke interacts with the Solar Magnetic field and how it's tail is stripped away by a CME.

Comet Encke and Solar magnetic Fields

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

This page was originally published on Monday, October 1, 2007.
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