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Reminder about "Deep Impact" on night of July 3
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/images/deepimpact/skymap_north.gif
here is a skymap
NASA will send this 820 pound copper slug into the guts of comet Tempel 1
at 11 PM Pacific Daylight Time on 3 July
For people with home telescopes in, like, LA, who can watch it, Tempel 1 will be in the constellation Virgo near the bright star Spica
here is the press release
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/28jun_deepimpact.htm?list45222
the projectile will impact the comet at a speed of 23,000 mph, it says.
I forget what that amounts to in kiloton TNT equivalent kinetic energy. it is a lot of energy. I guess something will be learned from watching the crater and the ejecta. tough on the comet.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/images/deepimpact/skymap_north.gif
here is a skymap
NASA will send this 820 pound copper slug into the guts of comet Tempel 1
at 11 PM Pacific Daylight Time on 3 July
For people with home telescopes in, like, LA, who can watch it, Tempel 1 will be in the constellation Virgo near the bright star Spica
here is the press release
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/28jun_deepimpact.htm?list45222
the projectile will impact the comet at a speed of 23,000 mph, it says.
I forget what that amounts to in kiloton TNT equivalent kinetic energy. it is a lot of energy. I guess something will be learned from watching the crater and the ejecta. tough on the comet.
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