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| About
this Object
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Object Name: |
Comet 9P/Tempel 1 |
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Object Description: |
Comet |
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Distance: |
The comet was approximately
0.9AU (134 million km, 83 million miles) from
Earth and approximately 1.5AU (224 million
km, 139 million miles) from the Sun at the
time of these exposures. |
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Dimensions: |
The comet's nucleus
is approximately 5-6 km (3-4 mi) in diameter.
It is not resolved in the HST images. |
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| About
the Data
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Data Description: |
The Hubble image
was created from HST data from proposal 10095:
K. Noll (STScI), P. Royle (STScI), P. Feldman
(JHU), L. McFadden (University of Maryland),
H. Weaver (JHU APL), H. Bond (STScI), C. Christian
(STScI), L. Frattare (STScI) Z. Levay (STScI),
F. Hamilton (CSC/STScI), W. Januszewski (STScI),
A. Lubenow (STScI), M. Mutchler (STScI). |
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Instrument: |
ACS/WFC |
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Exposure Date: |
June 30, 2005 |
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Exposure Time: |
30 minutes |
| Filters: |
F435W (B) and F625W
(r)
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Dimensions: |
The
image is 3.1 arcminutes wide, approximately
120,000 km (74,000 mi) at the distance to
the comet.
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| About
this Image
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Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and
the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
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Release Date: |
July 4, 2005 |
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Orientation/Scale: |
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