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Comet Borrelly's nucleus

author: Nasa/JPL/Novapix

reference: a-com06-00002

Image Size 300 DPI: 12 * 12 cm

This was the final image of the nucleus of comet Borrelly, taken just 160 seconds before Deep Space1's closest approach to it. This image shows the 8-km (5-mile) long nucleus about 3417 kilometers (over 2,000 miles) away.

Keywords for this photo:

2001 - ASTRONOMY - BORRELLY - COMET - DEEP SPACE ONE - NUCLEUS -