Impactor Eyes Comet Target

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Caption:

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.

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	Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS)
Detector
Extra Keywords	Grayscale, Impact
Acquisition Date
Release Date	2005-07-04
Date in Caption	2005-07-03
Image Credit	NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD
Source	photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02116
Identifier	PIA02116