Flight of the Comet

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD2010-11-05

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Image taken by NASA EPOXI mission spacecraft during its flyby of comet Hartley 2 on Nov. 4, 2010. The spacecraft came within about 700 kilometers 435 miles of the comet nucleus at the time of closest approach.

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Title: Flight of the Comet
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD
Date Created: 2010-11-05
Rights: JPL

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