Jul 23 1995
From The Space Library
Two amateurs discovered comet "Hale-Bopp," which will pass near Earth in 1996. It could be the brightest comet in 20 years. Pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope show a remarkable pinwheel pattern and a blob of free-flying debris near the comet's nucleus. (NASA Release 95-178; W Post, Jul 31/95; Fla Today, Aug 27/95; AV Wk, Oct 16/95)
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