#OTD 10 years ago, Hubble snapped this shot of Comet ISON!
At the time, the comet was about 403 million miles from Earth – between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Comet ISON hurtled toward our Sun at 48,000 miles per hour (~77,000 km/hr): https://go.nasa.gov/41iezlb
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Aviva Gary
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