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General Category => Astronomy & Science => Topic started by: APODman on November 05, 2010, 06:44:21 AM

Title: First images of the nucleus of comet Hartley 2 by Deep Impact
Post by: APODman on November 05, 2010, 06:44:21 AM

And the probe Deep Impact reach the comet Hartley 2.
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(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4939/comethartley2firstimage.jpg)
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Below text and images of the meeting:
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- Http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/comet-hartley-2-deep-impact-flyby-surprises-101104.html
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- Http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40007547?gt1=43001
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It is interesting to note how the Hartley 2 has a "texture" that resembles the surface of asteroid Itokawa:
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Itokawa4.jpg)
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Title: Re: First images of the nucleus of comet Hartley 2 by Deep Impact
Post by: Naru523 on November 07, 2010, 10:50:32 PM

Pretty awesome.

Title: Re: First images of the nucleus of comet Hartley 2 by Deep Impact
Post by: Chaotic Cow on November 08, 2010, 10:39:21 AM

wow...pretty!!!

Title: Re: First images of the nucleus of comet Hartley 2 by Deep Impact
Post by: APODman on November 08, 2010, 01:45:25 PM

The today APOD is about the encounter:

- http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101108.html

The strange texture os Hartley 2 are cited and is propose that like some asteroids maybe Hartley 2 are a "rubble-pie" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubble_pile) comet ( if it is so, it´s the first one detected ).

A think that a rubble pie comet not be very old in inner solar system cause your tendencie to fragmenting are high !


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Title: Re: First images of the nucleus of comet Hartley 2 by Deep Impact
Post by: Darvince on December 12, 2010, 09:20:41 AM

It looks grainy from that distance.