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The Large Smooth Patch on Comet 9P/Tempel 1: Remnant of a Recent Past Event

  • Authors: J. L. Rizos, T. L. Farnham, J. M. Sunshine, J. L. Kloos, J. L. Ortiz

J. L. Rizos et al 2026 The Planetary Science Journal 7 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure A3.

Stardust-NExT image 30039 showing the northern hemisphere of Tempel 1 (opposite to the side shown in Figure A1). The orange arrow indicates the region where a smooth unit is visible. We refer to this feature as the “northern smooth unit.” The purple arrow points out the terraces featuring up to five steps.

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