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<\/p>\nStardust, the NASA probe, has downloaded a snapshot of Tempel 1, a comet that the comet seeking craft will sidle up to on February 14th. Here is the picture:<\/p>\n
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On the night of encounter, the navigation camera will be used to acquire 72 high-resolution images of the comet’s surface features. Stardust-NExT mission scientists will use these images to see how surface features on comet Tempel 1 have changed over the past five-and-a-half years. (Tempel 1 had previously been visited and imaged in July of 2005 by NASA’s Deep Impact mission).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I don’t know why they call it night. Perhaps because NASA is playing up the whole romance theme. Anyway, details here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stardust, the NASA probe, has downloaded a snapshot of Tempel 1, a comet that the comet seeking craft will sidle up to on February 14th. Here is the picture: On the night of encounter, the navigation camera will be used to acquire 72 high-resolution images of the comet’s surface features. Stardust-NExT mission scientists will use … Continue reading Comet Hunting Space Robot Spots Quarry<\/span>