
Sunlight illuminates the bowling-pin shaped nucleus from directly below comet Borrelly as seen by NASA Deep Space 1. At this distance, many features become vivid on the surface of the nucleus, including a jagged line between day and night on the comet.
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NASA ID
PIA03504
Date Created
November 3, 2001
Center
JPL
Media Type
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