PIA02130: Impactor No More (Animation)


Impactor No More (Animation)

Caption:

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.

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, Movie
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2005-07-04
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02130
Identifier PIA02130