PIA06285: Wild 2 Close Look
This image is a close look at the comet Wild 2, which NASA's Stardust spacecraft flew by on Jan. 2, 2004.
 Target Name:  Wild 2
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Stardust 
 Spacecraft:  Stardust
 Instrument:  Stardust Navigation Camera 
 Product Size:  1159 x 1172 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  California Institute of Technology 
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 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06285.jpg (74.67 kB)  

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Figure 1

This image shows the comet Wild 2, which NASA's Stardust spacecraft flew by on Jan. 2, 2004. This image is the closest short exposure of the comet, taken at an11.4-degree phase angle, the angle between the camera, comet and the Sun. The listed names on the diagram (see Figure 1) are those used by the Stardust team to identify features. "Basin" does not imply an impact origin.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2004-06-17