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PIA02116: Impactor Eyes Comet Target
Impactor Eyes Comet Target
Target Name: Tempel 1
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Deep Impact
Spacecraft: Deep Impact
Instrument: Impactor Targeting Sensor
Product Size: 512 samples x 512 lines
Produced By: University of Maryland
Full-Res TIFF: PIA02116.tif (262.6 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA02116.jpg (3.756 kB)

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Comet Tempel 1 as seen by the Deep Impact impactor targeting sensor at 7:44 Universal Time, July 3, 2005. This image was taken 1 hour and 37 minutes after the impactor was released from the flyby craft and is displayed on a logarithmic scale. The impactor was 808,478 kilometers (502,388 miles) away from the comet when the image was taken.


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NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

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