Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
One-Way Trip to Tempel
Original Caption Released with Image:
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Quick Time Movie for PIA02135 Impactor Targeting Sensor Approach

This movie shows Deep Impact's impactor probe approaching comet Tempel 1. It is made up of images taken by the probe's impactor targeting sensor. The probe collided with the comet at 10:52 p.m. Pacific time, July 3 (1:52 a.m. Eastern time, July 4).
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:
616 samples x 458 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 #:
PIA02135
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02135
orignial url:

One-Way Trip to Tempel