Infrared scans of comet Hartley 2 by NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft show carbon dioxide, dust, and ice being distributed in a similar way and emanating from apparently the same locations on the nucleus. Water vapor, however, has a different distribution implying a different source region and process.
These maps were made from data obtained by the High-Resolution Imager on Nov. 4, 2010.
For more information about EPOXI visit http://www.nasa.gov/epoxi and http://epoxi.umd.edu/ .
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | 103P/Hartley | |
System | Periodic Comets | |
Target Type | Comet | |
Mission | Deep Impact | |
Instrument Host | Deep Impact | |
Host Type | Impactor | |
Instrument | High Resolution Instrument (HRI) | |
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Dust, Grayscale, Infrared, Water | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 2010-11-18 | |
Date in Caption | 2010-11-04 | |
Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13628 | |
Identifier | PIA13628 |