Comet Hartley Flyby Images

[jjjnettie]

Amazing images of Comet Hartley from the Epoxi Mission's close flyby last night! :thumbsup:

[CraigS]

Hi JJJ;

They're terrific aren't they ?
It's either a giant spud or a dumbbell floating in space !
:lol:
Beats me what that smooth bit in the middle is !! Looks like a completely different texture when compared with the end bits. Looks like two halves joined together !

We need some comet experts to talk about this !!

Thanks for the post (Liz and I are 'rapping' on her thread, in the 'Observations' forum, also).

Cheers & Rgds

[multiweb]

Looks like a giant pawn. Somebody's going to get check mated! :P

[jjjnettie]

I think the smooth part is caused by vibrations, and the comet will soon break into 2 pieces.

[Outbackmanyep]

The nucleus looks like 19P Borrelly, nice images!!!!!!

Have to wait and see what the drum is when things settle down a bit, beautiful .......stunning!

[snas]

A giant chicken drumstick? KFC's new mega meal

amazing pics!!!!

Stuart

[Outbackmanyep]

This is the comparison i was talking about, 103P/ Hartley 2 and 19P/ Borrelly.

Amazing!