PIA02130: Impactor No More (Animation)
This movie was taken by Deep Impact's flyby spacecraft shows the flash that occurred when comet Tempel 1 ran over the spacecraft's probe. It was taken by the flyby craft's medium-resolution camera.

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Target Name: Tempel 1
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Deep Impact
Spacecraft: Deep Impact
Instrument: Medium Resolution Imager (MRI)
Product Size: 239 samples x 222 lines
Produced By: University of Maryland
Full-Res TIFF: PIA02130.tif (53.34 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA02130.jpg (3.669 kB)

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Quick Time Movie for PIA02130 Realtime Ejecta (Animation)
Quick Time Movie for PIA02130 Realtime Ejecta (Animation)

This movie was taken by Deep Impact's flyby spacecraft shows the flash that occurred when comet Tempel 1 ran over the spacecraft's probe. It was taken by the flyby craft's medium-resolution camera.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

Image Addition Date:
2005-07-04