images

Comet Hartley 2 nucleus close up

by

Nasa/JPL/UMD/Novapix

Reference

a-com09-00007

Date

2010-12-01

This image from the High-Resolution Instrument on NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft shows part of the nucleus of comet Hartley 2. The sun is illuminating the nucleus from the right. A distinct cloud of individual particles is visible. This image was obtained on Nov. 4, 2010, the day the EPOXI mission spacecraft made its closest approach to the comet.