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Comet Tempel 1 Went Back to Sleep Astronomers Having Used ESO Telescopes Start Analysing Unique Dataset on the Comet Following the Deep Impact MissionTen days after part of the Deep Impact spacecraft plunged onto Comet Tempel 1 with the aim to create a crater and expose pristine material from beneath the surface, astronomers are back in the ESO Offices in Santiago, after more than a week of observing at the ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory. In this unprecedented observing campaign - among the most ambitious ever conducted by a single observatory - the astronomers have collected a large amount of invaluable data on this comet.
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