Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Sunny Side of a Comet
Original Caption Released with Image:

Figure 1: Temperature Map

This image composite shows comet Tempel 1 in visible (left) and infrared (right) light (figure 1). The infrared picture highlights the warm, or sunlit, side of the comet, where NASA's Deep Impact probe later hit. These data were acquired about six minutes before impact. The visible image was taken by the medium-resolution camera on the mission's flyby spacecraft, and the infrared data were acquired by the flyby craft's infrared spectrometer.
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:
Infrared Spectrometer
Instrument:
High Resolution Imager (HRI)
Product Size:
275 samples x 232 lines
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Spectrometer
facet_what:
Infrared Spectrometer
facet_what:
Imager
facet_what:
COMETS
facet_what:
Deep Impact
facet_what:
High Resolution Imager
facet_what:
HRI
facet_where:
Maryland
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Image #:
PIA02132
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02132
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Sunny Side of a Comet