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| Comet Hale-Bopp: Comet Hale-Bopp as seen by the STS-84 crew from orbit. Although the Earth was in no danger of being impacted by Hale-Bopp (this time!) it serves as a reminder that all planets in our solar system are vulnerable. The mass extinction at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (65 million years ago) might have been caused by an impact from a comet or asteriod with a possible diameter of 10 km. |
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This service is provided by the International Space Station program and the JSC Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science Directorate. Recommended Citation: Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth." . |
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