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Small Asteroids and Comets Visited by Spacecraft as of September 2022
Portraits of comet 81P/Wild 2
Cometary nuclei imaged by spacecraft and radio telescope, to scale
Impact tracks in aerogel
Highest-resolution image of Wild 2
Asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft as of August 2014, in color, excepting Vesta
Scale comparison of comets visited by spacecraft as of 2014
Stardust’s Annefrank encounter
Tempel 1, 42 hours before Stardust's flyby
The pitted surface of Tempel 1
Animation of the Deep Impact into Tempel 1
Surface changes on Tempel 1 (animation)
Stardust's closeup views of Tempel 1
Jets From Tempel 1
Tempel 1 approach view from Stardust
Animation of Stardust's flyby of Tempel 1
Stardust's flight past Tempel 1 (version 3)
Animation of Stardust's flyby of Wild 2
Stardust's best images of Wild 2
Deep Impact’s comet crash
Stardust's first sight of Tempel 1
Asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft as of December 2012, in color, excepting Vesta [DEPRECATED]
All asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft as of August 2014, in color, albedo linearly scaled
Stardust's first close-approach image of Tempel 1
Stardust view of Tempel 1, just before closest approach

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