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The Deep Impact impactor spacecraft scored a direct hit on comet Tempel 1 on July 4 (see p. 28). The flyby craft took this picture 67 sec. after the strike, with its high-resolution camera. The ejected material is illuminated by sunlight and is much brighter than the comet nucleus, which is darker...
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