Deep Impact: Working Properties for the Target Nucleus Comet 9P/Tempel 1
Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Nucleus of Comet 9P/Tempel 1
Stardust-NExT, Deep Impact, and the accelerating spin of 9P/Tempel 1
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2/PC
Temporal Coverage
1997-12-31T10:30:13Z/1997-12-31T22:26:53Z
Version
1.0
Mission Description
Launched in 1990, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope remains the premier UV and visible light telescope in orbit. With well over 1.6 million observations from 10 different scientific instruments, the ESA Hubble Science Archive is a treasure trove of astronomical data to be exploited.