I see the mission is pretty healthy so far. The comet impact is scheduled
for 4 July this year. It appears that the comet is in view in the west
after sunset on that day but I am having trouble finding the predicted
hour of impact.
This thing could put a football field size dent in the comet, dont you
suppose that the comet will have quite an outburst at that time (just
after)??? And the comet is about at the closest point to the sun then
also.
Here is a neat java map of the approach and relative positions.
http://deepimpact.umd.edu/amateur/where_is.shtml
Might make for some interesting video if it happens to occur when it is
dark here (fat chance) and still in view..
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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
Received on Fri Mar 25 15:27:12 2005