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Slipping By Comet Hartley 2

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

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This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken at 7:00 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT), after NASA's EPOXI mission flew by. The spacecraft's Medium-Resolution Instrument snapped the picture from a distance of 849 kilometers (528 miles). The sun is to the right.

The comet's nucleus, or main body, is approximately 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) long and .4 kilometers (.25 miles) at the "neck," or most narrow portion. Jets can be seen streaming out of the nucleus.

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