PIA05004: Comet Wild 2 - Stardust Approach Image
Comet Wild 2 - Stardust Approach Image
Target Name: Wild 2
Mission: Stardust
Spacecraft: Stardust
Instrument: Stardust Navigation Camera
Product Size: 2400 samples x 2618 lines
Produced By: JPL
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Original Caption Released with Image:
This image was taken during the close approach phase of Stardust's Jan 2, 2004 flyby of comet Wild 2. It is a distant side view of the roughly spherical comet nucleus. One hemisphere is in sunlight and the other is in shadow analogous to a view of the quarter moon. Several large depressed regions can be seen. Comet Wild 2 is about five kilometers (3.1 miles) in diameter.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2004-01-06