An article in the latest issue of Information Week referred to the comet as Temple 1 - twice! I pointed-out the error to the author and he indicated Information Week will correct the article that is available on-line. Bob Christ -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Scott Saari Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 1:57 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Newsweek's Version of Deep Impact This week's July 18 Newsweek, on p. 23, in its now well-established tradition of misinformation, says the "Deep Impact...traveled 83 million miles before hitting a comet to successfully divert its path" - sheesh! Scott Saari -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stanley A. Gorodenski Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:45 PM To: AZ-Observing Subject: [AZ-Observing] Speed of Tempel Ejecta Gene Lucas forwarded me the following: "The images obtained at the VLT show that after the impact, the = morphology of Comet Tempel 1 had changed, with the appearance of a new plume-like structure, produced by matter being ejected with a speed of about 700 to 1000 km/h (see ESO PR Photo 23/05). This structure, however, diffused = away in the following days, being more and more diluted and less visible, the comet taking again the appearance it had before the impact. Further = images obtained with, among others, the adaptive optics NACO instrument on the = Very Large Telescope, showed the same jets that were visible prior to impact, demonstrating that the comet activity survived widely unaffected by the spacecraft crash." It appears the ejecta traveled considerably less than 6.3 miles/sec (the speed of the Impactor), no more than 0.2 miles/sec. Stan -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and = please=20 send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.