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“The Comet Hartley 2 Cruise” is copyrighted by CARA Project. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteIn early November of last year, Comet Hartley 2 became the fifth comet imaged close-up by a spacecraft from Earth. Hartley 2 is making astronomical headlines again. New Herschel Space Observatory measurements indicate that the water in this comet's thin atmosphere has the same ratio of the hydrogen isotope deuterium as Earth's oceans. This suggests Hartley 2 originated in the Kuiper Belt.
The Sun on 7 October 2011
NASA SDO took this picture on 7 October 2011, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 7 October 2011 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 7 October 2011 · Empty Quarter, Arabia See it as a poster -
Released on 7 October 2019 A Spiral in Profile See it as a poster -
Released on 7 October 2024 Starbursts on grand scale See it as a poster -
Released on 7 October 2015 Ground-based view of the sky around the nearby star AU Microscopii See it as a poster -
Released on 7 October 2015 Wide-field view of the sky around the nearby star AU Microscopii See it as a poster -
Released on 7 October 2024 Infrared image of stars and galaxies near the REBELS-25 galaxy See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 7 OCT 2011 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 7 OCT 2011.
Questions about October 7, 2011
What space photo was released on October 7, 2011?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 7, 2011 was "The Comet Hartley 2 Cruise". It's a photographer's copyrighted image, so we link to it on NASA's site and show the Sun or the Earth that day instead.
What was the Moon's phase on October 7, 2011?
A waxing gibbous moon, about 75% lit.
What day of the week was October 7, 2011?
October 7, 2011 was a Friday, day 280 of the 365 days in 2011.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on October 7, 2011?
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the Sun that day, and NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth. Both are on this page, next to the card.
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