Photometric Evolution of the Deep Impact Flash
Abstract
On July 4, 2005, the Deep Impact mission performed a planetary-scale impact experiment into comet 9P/Tempel 1. We report on the characteristics and photometric evolution of the impact flash in the context of laboratory-scale impact experiments.
- Publication:
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37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006LPI....37.2192E