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Deep Impact gets first look at Hartley 2
Spaceflight Now ^ | 11/4/2010 | Spaceflight Now Staff

Posted on 11/04/2010 12:26:06 PM PDT by cabojoe

NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft flew 700 kilometers, or 435 miles, from comet Hartley 2 on Thursday morning. These five images were the first snapshots returned from the probe more than 13 million miles away from Earth.

All five images were captured with Deep Impact's medium-resolution camera between 1358 GMT and 1401 GMT.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; comet; comethartley2; deepimpact; hartley2; nasa
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To: cabojoe
And suddenly, the probe went dark...


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

21 posted on 11/04/2010 12:58:23 PM PDT by The Comedian (I really missed you. Next time, I'll adjust for windage.)
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To: cabojoe

It’s a walrus.


22 posted on 11/04/2010 1:00:23 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: cabojoe

Ok. I take that back.

The top picture is a walrus.

Second picture is a seal.

Third picture is a dolphin.


23 posted on 11/04/2010 1:01:26 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: KevinDavis; SunkenCiv
What do yo make of that smooth band in the middle. The result of some kind of collision?
24 posted on 11/04/2010 1:05:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: cabojoe

You say there's another Hartley out there and he's in outer space? When can you come in for a session . . . .

25 posted on 11/04/2010 1:07:40 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: BenLurkin

I can make a hat, or a broache, or a teredactyl.

26 posted on 11/04/2010 1:57:04 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: stinkerpot65

Very good!


27 posted on 11/04/2010 2:01:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: cabojoe
Very cool. You can model your own deep impact event using Purdue University's

Impact Calculator

28 posted on 11/04/2010 2:18:22 PM PDT by Godebert
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To: ken5050
Definitely Klingon...

Nah! Looks more like a berserker to me.

29 posted on 11/04/2010 2:21:22 PM PDT by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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To: Godebert
I just did an impact calculation for the Hartley comet assuming it is ice and hits in about 3,000 feet of water about a 1,000 miles from the coast. Here is just the tsunami data:

The impact-generated tsunami wave arrives approximately 4.74 hours after impact. Tsunami wave amplitude is between: 5.49 meters ( = 18 feet) and 11 meters ( = 36 feet).

30 posted on 11/04/2010 2:28:04 PM PDT by Godebert
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To: martin_fierro; BenLurkin; KevinDavis; Swordmaker; 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; ..
Thanks martin_fierro and BenLurkin. Nice pics! Something glowing 'n' blowing. Too bad our APOD guy left FR.
 
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31 posted on 11/04/2010 4:27:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: cabojoe

Brachiosaurus leg bone in space!

32 posted on 11/04/2010 4:32:25 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: SunkenCiv
"Too bad our APOD guy left FR"

I was wondering what happened to Sig. He left? Any reason why? I used to look forward to his ping every day.

33 posted on 11/04/2010 4:56:27 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: stinkerpot65
"I can make a hat, or a broache, or a teredactyl."

It's a whu-u-u-ut??"

"A pteradactyl! Ca-caw! Ca-caw! Ca-caw!"

34 posted on 11/04/2010 5:38:05 PM PDT by redhead (1. Kill early voting. 2. Restore paper ballots everywhere. 3. Demand photo-ID of EVERY voter)
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To: KoRn

Here’s the scoop:

http://www.freerepublic.com/~sig226/

“The foolishness on Free Republic is beyond the level that I can accept.
“You people really need to read Saul Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals. NRA is not your enemy, and The New York Times is not your friend.

“Good luck and God bless.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:sig226/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change

Maybe you could drop him/her an email and pick up the ping list duties. It’s a LOT easier to inherit one than to build one from scratch. :’)


35 posted on 11/04/2010 5:41:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: KoRn

Another great thing about the APOD list is that it has its own TOPIC as well as keyword, a real plum courtesy FR.


36 posted on 11/04/2010 5:45:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv
"Maybe you could drop him/her an email and pick up the ping list duties. It’s a LOT easier to inherit one than to build one from scratch."

I don't have an email for Sig. I'd be happy to keep up the list if I had it. That list was one of my favs. (I wonder if they still check their FR mail)

37 posted on 11/04/2010 5:50:26 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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