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Old 04-02-2010, 02:52 PM
Jarvamundo (Alex)
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Comet 81p/wild 2 - A very interesting object indeed... The star dust mission actually captured particles from the comet and returned them to earth! The probe now sits in the smithsonian!

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news116.html
Mission summary of surprizes by Dr. Don Brownlee, Stardust Principal Investigator, October 29, 2009
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