COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection
Record
Title:
Hubble Captures Outburst from Comet Targeted By Deep Impact
Fast Facts:
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: 9P/Tempel 1 Object Description: Comet Distance: The Comet was approximately 0.8AU (120 million km, 74 million miles) from Earth and approximately 1.5AU (224 million km, 139 million miles) from the Sun at the time of these exposures Dimensions: The comet's nucleus is approximately 5-6 km (3-4 mi) in diameter. It is not resolved in the HST images. About the Data Data Description: The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposals 10144: P. Feldman (Johns Hopkins University), M. A'Hearn (University of Maryland), M. Belton (National Optical Astronomy Observatories), K. Meech (University of Hawaii), H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory). Instrument: ACS/HRC Exposure Date(s): June 14, 2005 Exposure Time: 10 minutes Filters: F606W ("V") About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, P. Feldman (Johns Hopkins University) and H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory) Release Date: June 27, 2005 Dimensions: The image is 10 arcseconds wide, approximately 6100 km (3800 mi) at the distance to the comet. Orientation: Hubble View of Comet Tempel 1 - After Outburst [ http://imgsrc.hubbl… ]
note:
*News Release Number:*: STScI-2005-16c
facet_what:
COMPASS
facet_where:
Hawaii
facet_when:
June 14, 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
UID:
SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-2005-16c
Release Date:
June 27, 2005 10:00 AM (EDT)
