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Description: Flyby spacecraft Deep Impact shows the flash that occurred when comet Tempel 1 ran over the spacecraft's impactor probe. It was taken by the flyby craft's High Resolution Instrument, Visual CCD camera (HRIV) over a period of about 40 seconds. Black borders are the result of image stabilization.
Title: HRIV Impact
Credit: Recreated from the original raw encounter data (FITS images) downloaded from Small Bodies Mission Support for the Deep Impact Mission.
Author: Paul Stephen Carlin
Permission: NASA/JPL
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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