Surface of Young Jupiter Family Comet 81P/Wild 2: View from the Stardust Spacecraft by Donald E. Brownlee, Friedrich Horz, Ray L. Newburn, Michael Zolensky,

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Surface of Young Jupiter Family Comet 81P/Wild 2: View from the Stardust Spacecraft by Donald E. Brownlee, Friedrich Horz, Ray L. Newburn, Michael Zolensky, Thomas C. Duxbury, Scott Sandford, Zdenek Sekanina, Peter Tsou, Martha S. Hanner, Benton C. Clark, Simon F. Green, and Jochen Kissel Science Volume 304(5678): June 18, 2004 Published by AAAS

Fig. 1. These 12 images are a good representation of the closest images of Wild 2. Donald E. Brownlee et al. Science 2004;304: Published by AAAS

Fig. 2. The closest short-exposure image taken at 11.4° phase angle, the angle between the camera, comet, and the Sun. Donald E. Brownlee et al. Science 2004;304: Published by AAAS

Fig. 3. (A) and (C) images are two stereopairs taken just after and just before closest approach. Donald E. Brownlee et al. Science 2004;304: Published by AAAS

Fig. 4. A 10-μm-diameter microcrater on lunar glass, showing a smooth central pit surrounded by a spall zone of ejected material. Donald E. Brownlee et al. Science 2004;304: Published by AAAS

Fig. 5. A 10-cm-sized laboratory hypervelocity impact crater made as an analog of Wild 2's flat- floor craters. Donald E. Brownlee et al. Science 2004;304: Published by AAAS

Fig. 6. (A) A variety of small pinnacles and mesas seen on the limb of Wild 2. Donald E. Brownlee et al. Science 2004;304: Published by AAAS

Fig. 7. A stereoview of the bright spot in the central region of Hemenway. Donald E. Brownlee et al. Science 2004;304: Published by AAAS

Fig. 8. A stereoanaglyph (magenta on right) of Wild 2 showing the comet and jets seen as sunlight reflected from outward flowing dust and rocks. Donald E. Brownlee et al. Science 2004;304: Published by AAAS