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PIA07998: Deep Impact View of Tempel 1
This image is a compilation of four images that were taken on June 13, 2005 by NASA's Deep Impact. The spacecraft is 18,675,137.9 kilometers (11,604,190 miles) away from comet Tempel 1.
 Target Name:  Tempel 1
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Deep Impact 
 Spacecraft:  Deep Impact
 Instrument:  Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI) 
 Product Size:  512 x 512 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  University of Maryland 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07998.tif (262.6 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07998.jpg (7.048 kB)  

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This image is a compilation of four images that were taken on June 13, 2005, through the clear filter of the medium resolution imager camera. The spacecraft is 18,675,137.9 kilometers (11,604,190 miles) away from comet Tempel 1, and the Sun is located to the right of the image.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

Image Addition Date:
2005-06-16