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Stardust Image of Comet Wild 2

Target Name:  Comet Wild-2
Spacecraft:  Stardust
Produced by:  NASA/JPL
Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy
Date Released: 2 January 2004

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Comet Wild 2 is shown in this image taken by the Stardust navigation camera during the spacecraft's closest approach to the comet on January 2. The image was taken within a distance of 500 kilometers (about 311 miles) of the comet's nucleus with a 10-millisecond exposure.

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