Hubble captures Deep Impact's collision with a comet (view 64 minutes after impact)
The Hubble telescope continued to monitor the comet, snapping another image an hour after the encounter. In this photo, the dust ejected during the impact is expanding outward in the shape of a fan. The debris extends about 720 kilometres from the nucleus.
Credit:About the Image
Id: | heic0509d |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 4 July 2005, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0509 |
Size: | 846 x 846 px |
About the Object
Name: | Comet 9P, Tempel 1 |
Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet |
Category: | Solar System |
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Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
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