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Deep News
Newsletter for the Deep Impact mission
Issue 13
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July 2004
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Welcome to Deep News. It's hard to believe that we are one year from impacting Comet Tempel 1, looking for the first
time, deep inside a comet. We are looking forward to that spectacular evening! Looking back, this month also marks the one-year
anniversary of this Deep News newsletter. Thanks to all of you who have followed along with us and especially to those of
you who have made your own deep impact by sharing this exciting mission with others. If you would like to know more
about the Deep Impact mission, visit our web sites at:
http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov
http://deepimpact.umd.edu
PI Update - Mission Update from Principal Investigator Dr. Mike A'Hearn
This month, Dr. Mike A'Hearn tells us about some recent observations of Comet Tempel 1 by the Hubble Telescope and
Spitzer Space Telescope.
http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/update-200407.cfm
Gary Emerson - Amateur Astronomer for the Deep Impact Mission
Gary Emerson, one of our Small Telescope Science Program (STSP) astronomers and founder of the program, shares with
us some of his observations of comet C/2001 Q4 and compares it to what scientists will see the night of encounter with
Comet Tempel 1. Take a look at the images at
http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/community/gemerson.cfm.
If you would like to know more about our STSP program, visit
http://deepimpact.umd.edu/stsp/.
Up Close and Personal - Meet Casey Lisse
Casey was already becoming a scientist by the time he was five years old working with cornstarch, tearing apart his father's
electric razor and wondering why the sky was blue. Meet Casey Lisse from the University of Maryland. But before you do -
lock up your razor!
http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/bio-clisse.cfm
Music to my ears, uh, I mean - my instruments!
The science team won't just point an instrument at Comet Tempel 1 during impact and catch whatever data comes their
way. There has to be a very specific sequence set to gather data and it is a little like a symphony. Read Dr. Lucy McFadden's
description of the sequence review at:
http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/science/observations-sequence.cfm
Density, porosity and strength?
This month, Ray Brown writes about density, porosity and strength and shares with us what an understanding those three
factors will tell us about how comets were formed during the early period when the solar system was forming.
First, read Ray's other articles on the science objectives for the Deep Impact mission:
http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/science/objectives-rbrown.cfm
Then you'll be ready for density, porosity and strength of a comet at:
http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/science/objectives-rbrown4.cfm
Where is Deep Impact - Educators take a Virtual Field Trip
What's it like to take a virtual field trip for your educator training? The Roper Mountain Science Center in Greenville, SC tells
us about how the Deep Impact mission went along for the ride.
http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/community/virtual.cfm
Did you see our past Deep News Issues?
Visit http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/newsletter/archive.cfm
to catch up on exciting past news from the Deep Impact mission.
The Deep Impact mission is a partnership among the University of Maryland (UMD), the California Institute of Technology's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp (BATC). Deep Impact is a NASA Discovery mission,
eighth in a series of low-cost, highly focused space science investigations. See
http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov or our mirror site at
http://deepimpact.umd.edu.
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