Word: tempel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...smattering of organic molecules. Because comets have probably changed little since they were formed, data from the probe may reveal much about the early days of the solar system. Three years later, while swinging around the sun, the mother ship will rendezvous with a second comet called Tempel 2 and follow it for a year. During that time, it will continually observe all the changes the comet undergoes as it makes its fiery hairpin turn around the sun and heads off into space again. Then the craft will maneuver toward Tempers head and perhaps give it a parting nudge...