PIA02124: Before the Crash


Before the Crash

Caption:

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.

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
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02124
Identifier PIA02124