Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Face-to-Face With a Comet
Original Caption Released with Image:
This image shows comet Tempel 1 sixty seconds before it ran over NASA's Deep Impact probe at 10:52 p.m. Pacific time, July 3 (1:52 a.m. Eastern time, July 4). The picture was taken by the probe's impactor targeting sensor.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD
Produced By:
University of Maryland
Mission:
Deep Impact
Spacecraft:
Deep Impact
Target Name:
Tempel 1
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Impactor Targeting Sensor
Product Size:
247 samples x 240 lines
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Impactor
facet_what:
COMETS
facet_what:
Deep Impact
facet_what:
Impactor Targeting Sensor
facet_where:
Maryland
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Image #:
PIA02120
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02120
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Face-to-Face With a Comet