images

Comet Wild 2 nucleus

by

Nasa/JPL-Caltech/Novapix

Reference

a-com07-00001

Date

2006-08-22

This image shows the comet Wild 2, which NASA's Stardust spacecraft flew by on Jan. 2, 2004. This image is the closest short exposure of the comet, taken at an11.4-degree phase angle, the angle between the camera, comet and the Sun.