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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 A4.

Left: blink comparison between the SDN NavCam image 30036 and the DI ITS image 5070405_9000673, both projected onto the 9P/Tempel 1 shape model. It alternates between the two datasets to emphasize morphological changes between the DI and SDN epochs. Right: annotated version of the blink comparison, used to identify and track surface modifications. An animation of this figure is available.

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