PIA02124: Before the Crash
Before the Crash
Target Name: Tempel 1
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Deep Impact
Spacecraft: Deep Impact
Instrument: Impactor Targeting Sensor
Product Size: 256 samples x 256 lines
Produced By: University of Maryland
Full-Res TIFF: PIA02124.tif (65.83 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA02124.jpg (4.034 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This image shows comet Tempel 1 six minutes before it ran over NASA's Deep Impact probe at 10:52 a.m. Pacific time, July 3 (1:52 a.m. Eastern time, July 4). The picture was taken by the probe's impactor targeting sensor.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

Image Addition Date:
2005-07-04