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Figure 1: Hubble Witnesses Comet Crash
These pictures of comet Tempel 1 were taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. They show the comet before and after it ran over NASA's Deep Impact probe.
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | 9P/Tempel | |
System | Periodic Comets | |
Target Type | Comet | |
Mission | Hubble Space Telescope (HST) | Deep Impact |
Instrument Host | Hubble Space Telescope | Deep Impact |
Host Type | Space Telescope | Impactor |
Instrument | ||
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Grayscale, Impact | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 2005-07-04 | |
Date in Caption | ||
Image Credit | NASA/STScI | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02122 | |
Identifier | PIA02122 |