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Deep Impact Mission: Looking Beneath the Surface of a Cometary Nucleus

By Michael F. A’Hearn , Michael J. S. Belton (auth.) , Christopher T. Russell (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2005
ISBN
978-1-4020-3599-9, 978-1-4020-4163-1
DOI
10.1007/1-4020-4163-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16612059 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
396\395
Time added
2013-10-20 05:25:02
Astronomy

Description

Deep Impact, or at least part of the flight system, is designed to crash into comet 9P/Tempel 1. This bold mission design enables cometary researchers to peer into the cometary nucleus, analyzing the material excavated with its imagers and spectrometers. The book describes the mission, its objectives, expected results, payload, and data products in articles written by those most closely involved. This mission has the potential of revolutionizing our understanding of the cometary nucleus.

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