Comet Harley: a NASA artist's rendition.


NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft successfully flew past Comet Hartley 2 on Thursday November 4, 2010. The Deep Impact spacecraft has provided the most extensive observations of a comet ever. This artist's concept shows us the first time Deep Impact encountered a comet - Tempel 1 in July 2005. UPI/NASA/JPL-Caltech

Note: artist's impression is from technical data. This is what the comet's appearance.

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