(3552) Don Quixote (IMAGE)

Northern Arizona University

(3552) Don Quixote

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This is Don Quixote's coma and tail (left) as seen in infrared light by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. In after-image processing (right), the tail is more apparent.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/DLR/NAU

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