Deep Impact: The First Second
Abstract
During the first second after Deep Impact struck Tempel 1, the flyby spacecraft observed a bright arc-shaped plume that expanded rapidly away from the impact site. This plume was probably composed of about 4000 kg of incandescent silicate melt droplets.
- Publication:
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37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006LPI....37.1165M