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Comet Wild 2 - Stardust Approach Image Target Name:   Comet Wild-2 Spacecraft:   Stardust Instrument:   Navigation Camera Produced by:   NASA/JPL Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Date Released:  2 January 2004 Related Document Comet P/Wild-2 Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size PIA05004.jpg JPEG 640 x 640 20K PIA05004.jpg JPEG 1088 x 1088 36K PIA05004.tif TIFF 1088 x 1088 241K This image was taken during the close approach phase of Stardust's January 2, 2004 flyby of comet Wild 2. It is a distant side view of the roughly spherical comet nucleus. One hemisphere is in sunlight and the other is in shadow analogous to a view of the quarter moon. Several large depressed regions can be seen. Comet Wild 2 is about five kilometers (3.1 miles) in diameter.

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