PIA02140: Tempel Fades into Night
 Target Name:  Tempel 1
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Deep Impact
 Spacecraft:  Deep Impact
 Instrument:  High Resolution Instrument (HRI)
 Product Size:  314 x 234 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  University of Maryland
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02140.tif (73.78 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02140.jpg (2.4 kB)

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Quick Time Movie for PIA02140 Tempel Fades into Night
Quick Time Movie for PIA02140 Tempel Fades into Night

This movie is made up of images taken by Deep Impact's flyby spacecraft after it turned around to capture last shots of a receding comet Tempel 1. Earlier, the mission's probe had smashed into the surface of Tempel 1, kicking up the fan-shaped plume of dust seen here behind the comet. These pictures were taken by the flyby craft's high-resolution camera over a period beginning 50 minutes after impact, and ending about 12 hours after impact. Impact occurred at 10:52 p.m. Pacific time, July 3, 2005.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

Image Addition Date:
2005-07-11