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Hartley 2, Close Up

Target Name:  Comet Hartley 2
Spacecraft:  Deep Impact (DIXI)
Instrument:  High Resolution Instrument (HRI)
Produced by:  NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD
Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy
Cross Reference:  PIA13622
Date Taken:  2010-11-04

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This image from the High-Resolution Instrument on NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft shows part of the nucleus of comet Hartley 2. The sun is illuminating the nucleus from the right. A distinct cloud of individual particles is visible. This image was obtained on Nov. 4, 2010, the day the EPOXI mission spacecraft made its closest approach to the comet.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the EPOXI mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The University of Maryland, College Park, is home to the mission's principal investigator, Michael A'Hearn. The spacecraft was built for NASA by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo.

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