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Description	Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys image of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 fragment B on 2006 April 18, 19 and 20.
Date	2006 April 18-20
Source	http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2006/18/image/
Author	NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (APL/JHU), M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (STScI). Animation from three images by User:Vesta
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