Deep Impact Results announced more widely

From: Andrew Johnson

Date: 2005-09-08 10:16:05

2 weeks or more behind Linda Moulton Howe…DEEP IMPACT COMET MISSION PRODUCING SURPRISES———————————————Researchers involved in NASA’s Deep Impact mission have been piecingtogether data from the July 4th collision with comet Tempel 1 and findingsurprising results. For example, the comet’s nucleus heart has a veryfluffy structure that is weaker than a bank of powder snow. The fine dustof the comet is held together by gravity. However, that gravity is soweak, if you could stand on the bank and jump, you would launch yourselfinto space.  spaceflightnow.com/n… ENCELADUS MAY HOLD INGREDIENTS OF LIFE——————————————-Saturn’s tiny moon Enceladus is “absolutely” a highlight of the Cassinimission and should be targeted in future searches for life, says theleader of the spacecraft’s visual and infrared mapping spectrometer team.  spaceflightnow.com/c… SAYS SOME COMETS MAY HAVE BECOME ASTEROIDS—————————————————Some asteroids that have comet-like orbits may actually be comets thathave lost gases and other easily vaporized substances, according to a NASAresearch team. The team studied infrared light from 55 asteroids usingNASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope to better understand possible links betweenasteroids and comets.  spaceflightnow.com/n…

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