Directory of Deep Impact Resources

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Deep impact is a NASA Discovery mission scheduled for a 2004 launch and a 2005 encounter comet Tempel 1. The encounter involves two vehicles. The main spacecraft will fly by the nucleus of Tempel 1, while an impactor, released from the main spacecraft about 24 hours prior, will impact the comet nucleus at about 10 kilometers per second. Study of the crater formed and fresh material uncovered will provide an unparalleled opportunity to gain additional understanding of some of the most primitive objects in the solar system.

Resources in This Category

• Cometography.com: 9P/Tempel 1

  http://cometography.com/pcomets/009p.html
  History of 9P/Tempel 1, the Deep Impact target.

• Michael A'Hearn

  http://www.astro.umd.edu/people/ma.html
  Principle Investigator of the Deep Impact mission. Provides scientific objectives and data of the mission.

• NSSDC Deep Impact Page

  http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=2005-001A
  Spacecraft and mission profile from the National Space Science Data Center.

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• Home > Science > Technology > Space > NASA > Discovery Program
• Home > Science > Astronomy > Solar System > Small Bodies > Comets

 

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