Deep Impact: Our First Look Inside a Comet
Warner and Redfern talk aboutl the $267 million space mission that will take the most detailed pictures ever of a comet nucleus and will provide a glimpse into the object's interior. If all goes according to plan, they will be treated to a special kind of celestial fireworks the likes of which...
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Published in | Sky and telescope Vol. 109; no. 6; p. 40 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Magazine Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Cambridge
F & W Publications, Inc
01.06.2005
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Summary: | Warner and Redfern talk aboutl the $267 million space mission that will take the most detailed pictures ever of a comet nucleus and will provide a glimpse into the object's interior. If all goes according to plan, they will be treated to a special kind of celestial fireworks the likes of which have never been seen before. As the US prepares to celebrate its Independence Day, a 372-kilogram "impactor" released by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will begin its suicidal dive into Comet 9P/Temple 1, striking the sunlit side of the comet's 14-kilometer-long potato-shaped nucleus at 37,000 kilometer per hour. |
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ISSN: | 0037-6604 |