Comet Impact: July 4, 2005 Impact Velocity: 23,000 mph

Spacecraft Size: Flyby spacecraft nearly as large as a Volkswagen eetle automob!le" #mpactor spacecraft about the same $!mens!ons as a typ!cal l!%!ng room coffee table"

Principal Investigator, Dr. Michael A' earn an! his science team "ant to fin! cl#es to the formation of the solar system an! more a$o#t the str#ct#re an! composition of comets $y ma%ing a !eep crater in Comet &empel '. &he o$(ectives for the mission are: '. )$serve ho" the crater forms *. Meas#re the crater's !epth an! !iameter +. Meas#re the composition of the interior of the crater an! its e(ecta ,. Determine the changes in nat#ral o#tgassing pro!#ce! $y the impact

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03*2006 -!nclu$es + months of $ata analys!s1 )020 kg

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