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Giotto’s second comet encounter
 
10 March 2006

 
 
Giotto and Comet Grigg-Skjellerup approaching each other
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The orbits of the spacecraft and Grigg-Skjellerup eventually crossed on 10 July 1992.
 
 
Earth's magnetic field
An artist's imopression of Earth's magnetic field shielding the planet from the solar wind.

Credits: ESA / AOES Medialab
 
 
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