Spacecraft Images Comet Target's Jets
 Click on the image for the animationThe Deep Impact spacecraft's High- and Medium-Resolution Imagers (HRI and MRI) have captured multiple jets emanating from comet Hartley 2 turning on and off while the spacecraft is 8 million kilometers (5 million miles) away from the comet. The movies from HRI and MRI show the progression of two jets during a 16-hour time period.
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Image details
ID#:
PIA13568
Date added:
2010-11-04
Target:
Comet
Mission:
EPOXI
Spacecraft:
Deep Impact (DIXI)
Instruments:
High Resolution Instrument (HRI),Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI)
Size:
1274 x 535 pixels (width x height)
Rating:
Views:
1,568
Full-Res TIFF:
PIA13568.tif (0.68 MB)
Full-Res JPG:
PIA13568.jpg (0.06 MB)
Image credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD
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