More news about Hyakutake.Comet Hyakutake Comet Hyakutake (Japanese: 百武彗星 Hyakutake suisei, IPA [çakɯtake sɯiseː]; formally designated C/1996 B2 has faded from view, but astronomers continue to analyze their myriad observations of this icy wayfarer. Using the WIYN WIYN Wisconsin, Indiana, Yale, NOAO (consortium) WIYN What Is Your Number? Telescope atop Kitt Peak near Tucson, Walter M. Harris of the University of Wisconsin-Madison “University of Wisconsin” redirects here. For other uses, see University of Wisconsin (disambiguation). A public, land-grant institution, UW-Madison offers a wide spectrum of liberal arts studies, professional programs, and student activities. and R. Kent Honeycutt of Indiana University in Bloomington report a mysterious, arclike feature in the comet's tail. Observers in Europe saw the same feature, which has not been observed in other comets. Michael R. Combi of the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. in Ann Arbor says he is testing a model in which the arc represents a collision between gas recently emitted by Hyakutake and gas previously ejected by the comet. Harris and Honeycutt also report that as Hyakutake tumbled through space, rotating once every 6.5 hours, it sprayed jets of icy particles like a lawn sprinkler. Observations with WIYN show that the jets switch on and off as sunlight briefly heats successive areas of the rotating comet. |
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