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Giotto Mosaic of Halley's Comet Target Name:   Comet Halley Spacecraft:   Giotto Produced by:   A. Tayfun Oner Date Released:  March 13, 1986 Related Document Halley's Comet Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size halley1.gif GIF 565 x 710 120K halley1.jpg JPEG 565 x 710 29K halley1.tif TIFF 565 x 710 228K This image is a mosaic of 8 images taken by the Giotto spacecraft during the Halley encounter on March 13, 1986. The nucleus dimensions are about 16 by 8 by 8 kilometers. By examining the dust jets being emitted from the nucleus, scientists were able to determine that only about 10% of the surface was active.

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