Category: comets

Comet 103P/Hartley 2

Comet 103P/Hartley 2

  Comet 103P/Hartley 2 has been a very important target, when in Nov. 2010 it had a flyby with the Deep Impact spacecraft, as part of the EPOXI mission. This image is a deep...

Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) and M15 (2011)

Destination: Comet Garradd

After quite a long absence, an interesting comet was coming again, its name being C/2009 P1 (Garradd). Discovered by the australian astronomer Gordon J. Garradd on 13 aug 2009, this comet will be interestingly...