When
7:30 p.m., Feb. 25, 2008
Where
Kuiper Space Sciences 308
Jay Melosh, LPL, will discuss: “Scientific Results of NASA’s Deep Impact Mission.”
On July 4, 2005, NASA deliberately collided a 700-pound spacecraft with comet Tempel 1 at a speed of 22,500 miles per hour. The object of this kamikaze mission was to find out what is below a comet’s surface.
Although the dust blown out by the impact obscured the final crater, the mission swept away old ideas about comets and revealed a new vision of cometary structure.
This lecture will discuss the mission itself, our old ideas about comets, and the new ideas revealed by this daring experiment.
Doors open at 7 p.m.
On July 4, 2005, NASA deliberately collided a 700-pound spacecraft with comet Tempel 1 at a speed of 22,500 miles per hour. The object of this kamikaze mission was to find out what is below a comet’s surface.
Although the dust blown out by the impact obscured the final crater, the mission swept away old ideas about comets and revealed a new vision of cometary structure.
This lecture will discuss the mission itself, our old ideas about comets, and the new ideas revealed by this daring experiment.
Doors open at 7 p.m.
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