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Time-Lapse of Expanding Debris from Comet – July 4–5
- Release DateJuly 4, 2005
- Science ReleaseHubble Captures Deep Impact’s Collision with Comet
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov