Deep Impact Studies

Thanks to Bill Ricker for pulling these together:

Public Release: 5-Jul-2005
NASA's swift satellite offers a different view of the great comet collision <http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/Swift-Deep-Impact.htm>

Scientists using the Swift satellite witnessed a tale of fire and ice on July 4th, as NASA's Deep Impact probe slammed into the frozen comet Tempel 1. Swift is providing the only simultaneous multi-wavelength observation of this rare event, with a suite of instruments capable of detecting optical light, ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays. Different wavelengths reveal different secrets about the comet.

NASA, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council of the UK, Italian Space Agency
Contact: Barbara K. Kennedy
science@psu.edu <mailto:science@psu.edu>
814-863-4682
Penn State <http://www.science.psu.edu>

Public Release: 5-Jul-2005
Tempel 1 is weak X-ray source, XMM-Newton confirms <http://www.esrin.esa.int/esaCP/SEMXA46DIAE_index_0.html>
ESA's XMM-Newton observations of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 revealed that the object is a weak X-ray source. These data were acquired on 4 July 2005 by the EPIC X-ray camera on board the spacecraft during the post-impact observation phase.

Contact: Rita Schulz
Rita.Schulz@esa.int <mailto:Rita.Schulz@esa.int>
31-715-654-821
European Space Agency <http://www.esa.int>

Public Release: 5-Jul-2005
ESO Very Large Telescopes study comet after impact <http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMK436DIAE_0.html>
Through the night of 4 July 2005, all European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescopes observed the effects of the impact on Comet 9P/Tempel 1. At sunset in Chile, the seven telescopes of the La Silla Paranal Observatory went into action.

Contact: Gerhard Schwehm
Gerhard.Schwehm@esa.int <mailto:Gerhard.Schwehm@esa.int>
31-715-653-539
European Space Agency <http://www.esa.int>

Public Release: 4-Jul-2005
Rosetta camera view of Tempel 1 brightness <http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMSJ06DIAE_0.html>
These animations, composed of images taken by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on board ESA's Rosetta spacecraft, shows how the brightness of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 developed after impact.

Contact: Gerhard Schwehm
Gerhard.Schwehm@esa.int <mailto:Gerhard.Schwehm@esa.int>
31-715-653-539
European Space Agency <http://www.esa.int>