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

By C.T. Russell

Book information

Year
2005
ISBN
9781402035999, 9781402041631, 1402035993
DOI
10.1007/s11214-005-3387-3
Open Library ID
OL9424446M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6656900 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
396\395
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

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 excavated material 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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