Hubble probes comet 103P/Hartley 2 in preparation for DIXI/EPOXI flyby
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 05:01
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hubble Space Telescope observations of comet 103P/Hartley 2, taken on September 25, are helping in the planning for a November 4 flyby of the comet by the Deep Impact eXtended Investigation (DIXI) on NASA's EPOXI spacecraft.