Separation Anxiety Over for Deep Impact

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Caption:

This image of Deep Impact's impactor probe was taken by the mission's mother ship, or flyby spacecraft, after the two separated at 11:07 p.m. Pacific time, July 2 (2:07 a.m. Eastern time, July 3). The impactor is scheduled to collide with comet Tempel 1 at 10:52 p.m. Pacific time, July 3 (1:52 a.m. Eastern time, July 4). The impactor can be seen at the center of the image.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name	Value	Additional Values
Target	9P/Tempel
System	Periodic Comets
Target Type	Comet
Mission	Deep Impact
Instrument Host	Deep Impact
Host Type	Impactor
Instrument	Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
Detector
Extra Keywords	Grayscale, Impact
Acquisition Date
Release Date	2005-07-04
Date in Caption
Image Credit	NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD
Source	photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02115
Identifier	PIA02115