--- "Corr, Tom" <TCorr@co.linn.or.us> wrote:
In the days and hours leading up to our "visit" to Temple 1, JPL shows three outbursts . . . Any explanations? Impacts that frequently on such a small body surprised me.
I believe NASA is refering to outbursts of material from the relatively heated interior of the comet and not impacts of small objects from the intersolar medium. Recall in the close up from the pre-impact approach image there are fumeral-like cones. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/multimedia/070405-its-approach-... Canopus56(Kurt) P.S. - Patrick, Thanks again for a fine evening at SPOC. My favorite movies - the approach - http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121530main_its_approach_x4.mov impact view from the fly-by craft - http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121520main_HRI-Movie.mov at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com