Comet Wild 2 - Stardust Approach Image Target Name:   Comet Wild-2 Spacecraft:   Stardust Instrument:   Navigation Camera Produced by:   NASA/JPL Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Date Released:  2 January 2004

• Comet P/Wild-2

This image was taken during the close approach phase of Stardust's January 2, 2004 flyby of comet Wild 2. It is a distant side view of the roughly spherical comet nucleus. One hemisphere is in sunlight and the other is in shadow analogous to a view of the quarter moon. Several large depressed regions can be seen. Comet Wild 2 is about five kilometers (3.1 miles) in diameter.