ALMA’s View of Comet 46P/Wirtanen
![Comet 46P/Wirtanen](https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/nrao18cb27_Side_by_side.jpg)
Side-by-side comparison shows an ALMA image of comet 46P/Wirtanen (left) and an optical image (right). The ALMA image has approximately 1000 times the resolution of the optical image and zooms in on the inner portion of the comet’s diffuse coma.
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), M. Cordiner, NASA/CUA; Derek Demeter, Emil Buehler Planetarium
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