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Better picture

Any way to get a better picture of the comet, especially for the Infobox?

Even with clicking on that pic and enlarging, all I see is the "+" that marks the position - - - nothing of the comet itself.

An article in my local newspaper (Dec. 10, 2018) showing the comet's relative position as compared to Uranus, the Moon, and Mars (for those people wanting to visually -- by eye -- see the comet) had a better picture - - - - - and it was barely better than a blur, but you could make out the tail.

Hopefully, a better pic will come along. 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 21:24, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Radar imaging

The Arecibo radar observations of Comet 46P/Wirtanen began Dec. 10 and continued through Dec. 18. UA Researcher Captures Rare Radar Images of Comet 46P/Wirtanen

"The new radar observations provided the first definitive measurements of Comet 46P/Wirtanen’s diameter, which is approximately 0.9 miles (1.4 km)." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomruen (talk • contribs) 03:45, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Beautiful, thanks! — JFG ^talk 15:04, 21 December 2018 (UTC)