Hubble Captures Deep Impact's Collision with Tempel 1

07/07/2005 07:00AM

Hubble Captures Deep Impact's Collision with Tempel 1
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured the dramatic effects of the collision early July 4 between an 820-pound projectile released by the Deep Impact spacecraft and comet 9P/Tempel 1.

This sequence of images shows the comet before and after the impact. The visible-light images were taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys' High Resolution Camera.

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