File:Comet Wilson by Pioneer 12 118534main AC87-0264-1.jpg

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English: Comet Wilson, red indicates hydrogen. This ultraviolet image shows the cloud of hydrogen surrounding Comet Wilson. The Pioneer 12 spacecraft--as it orbited Venus--obtained this image. The hydrogen is produced when sunlight breaks down the water, which is sublimating from the nucleus at a rate of 5.9 tons per second. Researchers at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.; the University of Colorado at Boulder; and the University of California at Davis produced the image.
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