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Comet Wild 2 nucleus

author: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/Novapix

reference: a-com07-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 10 * 10 cm

This image shows the comet Wild 2, which NASA's Stardust spacecraft flew by on Jan. 2, 2004. This image is the closest short exposure of the comet, taken at an11.4-degree phase angle, the angle between the camera, comet and the Sun.

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2004 - ASTRONOMY - COMET - NUCLEUS - STARDUST - WILD 2 -