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Deep Impact flies by small comet

By T.K. Randall
November 6, 2010 · Comment icon 4 comments

Image Credit: NASA/JPL
The Deep Impact spacecraft flew by a small comet on Thursday some 13 million miles from Earth.
Its only the fifth time the core of a comet has been viewed up close, mission scientists Don Yeomans described the peanut-shaped comet as "hyperactive, small and feisty."
A NASA spacecraft sped past a small comet Thursday, beaming pictures back to Earth that gave scientists a rare close-up view of its center. Mission controllers burst into applause upon seeing images from the flyby that revealed a peanut-shaped comet belching jets of poisonous gases.


Source: Yahoo! News | Comments (4)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by Automaton 14 years ago
Why is there no tail visible?
Comment icon #2 Posted by DarthGluttonous 14 years ago
Its probably a computer enhanced photo to remove the cloudiness a tail would provide.
Comment icon #3 Posted by pallidin 14 years ago
Looks like a big chew bone.
Comment icon #4 Posted by DONTEATUS 14 years ago
We are seeing the Future ! We someday will Harvest these Great Ice Balls! Love the photo images ! JUst think if something that Big Smacked us here !


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