Images of Comet Hartley2
November 8th 2010 01:02
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image of Hartley 2 taken by the Deep Impact Space craft
Hartley2 dubbedThe comet of the year for 2010, Comet Hartley2 is no longer visible with the naked eye as it speeds off in the outer reachers of the Solar System.
NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft approached within 700 kilometers of Comet Hartley 2. The comet is 2km (1.25 miles) long and about .2 km in diameter.
Deep impact photographed the comet as it briefly passed by. The images shows a structure of ice dust and debris tightly compacted, with jets of gas escaping. The Comet’s shape is much like a large bowling pin. This is one of the rare opportunities to see a comet at close quarters. Hartley 2 did give us a parting gift with a meteor shower.
Images NASA, animation by Daniel Machácek
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