Non-exhaustive list of artificial objects that have reached the surface of 9P/Tempel 1, which is a 5.58-year periodic Jupiter-family comet.
The NASA Deep Impact probe fired an impactor at the comet in July 2005 and pictured the resulting ejecta.
COSPAR ID | name | type | mission | quantity on surface | dry mass (kg) | status | date/epoch (UTC) |
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2005-001D | SMART IMPACTOR, DII (DEEP IMPACT IMPACTOR) | Impactor | DEEP IMPACT, EPOXI, DISCOVERY 8 | scattered | 364 | fired, impact | July 4, 2005 |