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9.3: Images of Comets

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    A photograph of the Tempel-1 comet nucleus after being struck by the Deep Impact impactor probe section, taken by the main NASA Deep impact spacecraft, which shows the bright light emitted by the probe’s impact.
    Public Domain | Image courtesy of NASA.
    The parts of a comet-- dust tail and gas tail-- as seen from Earth, except we do not see the comet’s nucleus.
    Public Domain | Image courtesy of NASA.
    Image of Comet McNaught across the night sky.
    CC SY-SA 3.0 | Image courtesy of Wikimedia Author: Soerfm.
    Image of Collision of Comet Tempel-1’s nucleus and the Deep Impact probe.
    Public Domain | Image courtesy of NASA.
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