Deep Impact Realtime Thread |
Deep Impact Realtime Thread |
Jul 4 2005, 04:52 AM
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Well - impactor TCM 1 went well - <0.3% error and it's on course for a nominal impact time. PI has suggested that the comet is Banana shaped and we're going to hit the end of it which looks a little triangular
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Jul 4 2005, 07:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Try:
http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~perry/images/impact15.jpg replace 15 with any number from 2 through 28. screengrabs from NASA TV some initial interpretations: the circular features appear to be positive relief features, maybe low mesas. Combined with the scarps nearby, perhaps (and I know this was suggested for Wild 2) that cometary material is ejected from the scarps, eroding them back. Compared to the simulation animation shown often in the last few days, the impact ejecta is mostly traveling laterally away from the impact site. the animation showed ejecta going straight back. Alex Dessler, who watched the event with me, thought he noticed the formation of several rays during the impact -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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