tempel – Secrets of Space https://secretsofspace.com Exploring planets, stars, galaxies, astronomy, the universe and space secrets Tue, 13 Oct 2020 22:42:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 Comet Tempel 1 https://secretsofspace.com/comet-tempel/ Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:00:00 +0000 http://secretsofspace.com/?p=332 Continue reading Comet Tempel 1 →]]> Tempel - NASA
Comet Tempel 1 of the Jupiter system

NASA’s Deep Space probe took this picture of Comet Tempel 1 (designation  9P/Tempel), which is a comet in the Jupiter system. It was taken by Deep Space probe’s impactor targeting sensor, about five minutes before it deliberately impacted/crashed with Comet Tempel 1. This comet is relatively small in size, 7.6 km × 4.9 km in diameter and has a rotational period of 40.7 hours.

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