
This image of the surface of comet Tempel 1 was taken about 20 seconds before NASA Deep Impact probe crashed into the comet on July 3, 2005. This particular region contains the impact site.
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NASA ID
PIA02138
Date Created
July 6, 2005
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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