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Spacecraft and Technology

The Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Small Asteroids and Comets Visited by Spacecraft as of September 2022

Photo of Deep Space 1

Scale comparison of comets visited by spacecraft as of 2014

Asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft as of December 2012, in color, excepting Vesta [DEPRECATED]

Deep Space 1 view of Borrelly (processed to show coma)

All asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft as of August 2014, in color, albedo linearly scaled

Asteroid Braille

Comet 19P/Borrelly, target of Deep Space 1

Comets visited by spacecraft

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