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Jacques van Oene
May 30th 05, 10:23 PM
On 4 July 2005, the NASA Deep Impact spacecraft will visit Comet 9P/Tempel
1. It will launch a 370 kg impactor probe that should produce a crater on
the surface of the comet and a plume of gas, dust and ejected material.

More at:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEM8PE0DU8E_0.html

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Jacques :-)

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