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Monday, February 9, 2015

Nasa Sun Watching Satellite Spots Comet Elenin In Deep Space

Nasa Sun Watching Satellite Spots Comet Elenin In Deep Space
"NASA SUN-WATCHING SATELLITE SPOTS COMET ELENIN IN DEEP SPACE"

"FROM THE ARTICEL:"

"A NASA SPACECRAFT AIMED AT THE SUN SHIFTED ITS UNBLINKING GAZE TO AN APPROACHING COMET LAST WEEK TO SNAP A NEW PHOTO OF THE ICY OBJECT AS IT FLEW BY."

" THE IMAGE SHOWS THE "COMET ELENIN" AS IT PASSED WITHIN 4.3 MILLION MILES (7 MILLION KILOMETERS) OF ONE OF NASA'S TWIN STEREO SUN-WATCHING SPACECRAFT DURING A SERIES OF DEEP SPACE PHOTO SESSIONS THAT BEGAN ON AUG. 1. NASA ROLLED THE STEREO-B SATELLITE TO GIVE ITS I"NSTRUMENTS A VIEW OF THE COMET FLYBY, OFFICIALS SAID."

" FROM STEREO'S OBSERVATIONS, THE FUZZY COMET ELENIN CAN BE SEEN STREAKING ACROSS A SMALL PORTION OF THE SKY. THE COMET WAS SEEN BY STEREO'S HI-2 TELESCOPE BETWEEN AUG. 1 TO 5, AND BY THE HIGHER RESOLUTION HI-1 TELESCOPE BETWEEN AUG. 6 TO 12, NASA OFFICIALS SAID. STEREO MISSION SCIENTISTS PLANNED TO TAKE PHOTOS FOR ONE-HOUR EVERY DAY THROUGH AUG. 12. ["SEE THE STEREO PROBE'S NEW COMET ELENIN PHOTO"]"

"READ ALL HERE: "HTTP://WWW.SPACE.COM/12603-COMET-ELENIN-PHOTO-NASA-STEREO-SPACECRAFT.HTML"