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Wild 2 Features

Target Name:  Comet Wild-2
Spacecraft:  Stardust
Instrument:  Navigation Camera
Produced by:  NASA/JPL-Caltech
Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy
Cross Reference:  PIA06284
Date Taken:  2 January 2004
Date Released: 18 June 2004

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These images taken by NASA's Stardust spacecraft highlight the diverse features that make up the surface of comet Wild 2. Side A shows a variety of small pinnacles and mesas seen on the limb of the comet. Side B shows the location of a 2-kilometer (1.2-mile) series of aligned scarps, or cliffs, that are best seen in the stereo images.

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