[meteorite-list] Hawaii Residents May Have View of Comet Collision (Deep Impact)
From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Dec 20 12:50:33 2004 Message-ID: <200412201750.JAA15769_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> http://www.kpua.net/news.php?id=4030 Hawaii residents may have view of Comet collision Associated Press December 20, 2004 BALTIMORE (AP) _ Hawaii residents may see one of the biggest Fourth of July fireworks ever next year. A University of Maryland spacecraft is to be launched by NASA in January and is to crash on Independence day into the comet Tempel-One. Although the two are to collide near the orbit of Mars, the collision may be visible with the naked eye in California, Australia and Hawaii. Researchers hope the collision will excavate a stadium-sized hole in the comet and reveal scientific secrets hidden in the comet since it was created million of years ago. Astronomers are calling it celesial archaelogy. The spacecraft is actually two vessels. One, called the impactor, has a camera and will send back pictures until it's destroyed. Meanwhile, a companion spacecraft will record the collision. Received on Mon 20 Dec 2004 12:50:23 PM PST |
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