Overview

Deep Impact, or at least part of the flight system, is designed to crash into comet 9P/Tempel 1. This bold mission design enables cometary researchers to peer into the cometary nucleus, analyzing the excavated material with its imagers and spectrometers. The book describes the mission, its objectives, expected results, payload, and data products in articles written by those most closely involved. This mission has the potential of revolutionizing our understanding of the cometary nucleus.

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Author:   C.T. Russell
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.643kg
ISBN:  

9789048169078

ISBN 10:   9048169070
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   19 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Deep Impact: A Large-Scale Active Experiment on a Cometary Nucleus.- Deep Impact Mission Design.- An Overview of the Instrument Suite for the Deep Impact Mission.- Autonomous Navigation for the Deep Impact Mission Encounter with Comet Tempel 1.- The History and Dynamics of Comet 9P/Tempel 1.- Deep Impact: Working Properties for the Target Nucleus — Comet 9P/Tempel 1.- The Coma of Comet 9P/Tempel 1.- Comet Geology with Deep Impact Remote Sensing.- Expectations for Crater Size and Photometric Evolution from the Deep Impact Collision.- Impact Cratering Theory and Modeling for the Deep Impact Mission: From Mission Planning to Data Analysis.- Expectations for Infrared Spectroscopy of 9P/Tempel 1 from Deep Impact.- The Deep Impact Earth-Based Campaign.- Deep Impact: The Anticipated Flight Data.- Education and Public Outreach for Nasa’s Deep Impact Mission.

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C. T. Russell has over 40 years experience on space flight missions including Apollo 15 and 16, Pioneer Venus Orbiter, Vega 1 and 2, Phobos, Galileo and Cassini among many others. Previous books in this series under his editorship have included Galileo, Genesis, 2001 Mars Odyssey, and Cassini. He has published over 1100 articles in journals and books on topics of planetary and space physics and won several awards including the AGU’s Fleming and Macelwane medals and COSPAR Space Science prize.

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