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A close-up view of a peanut-shaped object with jets of material streaming out of the right end.

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Comet Hartley 2 can be seen in detail in this image from NASA's EPOXI mission. It was taken as the spacecraft flew by at a distance of about 435 miles (700 kilometers). Jets can be seen streaming out of the nucleus.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD
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