SOHO's 3,999th and 4,000th Comet Discoveries (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

SOHO's 3,999th and 4,000th Comet Discoveries

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ESA and NASA's SOHO observatory saw the 3,999th and 4,000th comets discovered by the spacecraft as they sped toward the Sun, seen close to the Sun by one of the spacecraft's coronagraph instruments. View animated GIF: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/soho-4000.gif

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ESA/NASA/SOHO/Karl Battams

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