Hartley 2 in Motion: Stunning Morph Animation of Flyby Images

By Nancy Atkinson - November 6, 2010 at 5:32 AM UTC | Planetary Science

The folks from

UnmannedSpaceflight.com

have done it again. Daniel Machácek created this wonderful animation from just the

five initial images of Hartley 2 that were released by the Deep Impact team

immediately following its flyby on November 4, 2010, using

Sqirlz Morph

software. Time in the animation is five times faster than the actual speed of the flyby. Hartley 2 really does look like a flying bowling pin, except this one is 2km (1.25 miles) long and about .2 km in diameter. Thanks to Daniel for sharing his animation.