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Petar Petrovic 21.09.2013

class=”imgLead” id=”photo-desc”> Comet Hyakutake , photo: Franz Haar / Wiki, lic cc-by-sa 3.0.

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objective of the mission, or test the surface and the composition of the comet Tempel 1, was achieved in six months. But the probe to work on and watched other comets, planets and stars.
Has traveled over 7.5 billion miles and has sent half a million images. I recently photographed a comet Ison, who in November will be in the vicinity of the Earth, and perhaps will be visible to the naked eye.
Month ago, but NASA lost contact with the Deep Impact probe and the contact could not be re-established. Therefore, the mission officially judged to be complete.
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