probably designed by the same person. Rather too similar, dont you think? both seem to glow from the inside (but of course, it is just reflective material on the surface reflecting the sun's light, how silly of me.)
This shows part of Hartley 2’s nucleus, with the Sun illuminating it from the right. Also visible is a distinct cloud of individual particles. This image was obtained on Nov. 4, 2010, the day the EPOXI mission's spacecraft made its closest approach to the comet.
The effects could be caused by different distribution of CO2 ( spots of concentration near the surface or concentrated in clusters in the core) together with varying transport of heat through the various materials to different locations within the comet in different speeds and strengths ?
The question anybody seems to ask is: "How comes that the jets appear to erupt at 90° between each other? Shouldn't they erupt only on the side which is opposite to the motion direction?"
and...
"How comes that jets also erupt from zones which are in the shade if it is all about the solar heating? And why the hell doesn't the whole area in the light shows the same activity but just a small portion of it?"
ANY BODY ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF HUMOR COULD THESE IMAGES ALUDE TO? ==> http://epoxi.umd.edu/3gallery/ENCOUNTER/humor/103P_model.JPG (MODEL OF THE COMET?)
The thread on http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php is pretty interesting and gives links to all the best photos as they are released. (EPOXI thread in the Cometary & Asteroid Missions forum) I dont post there 'cos I dont think a septic sceptic would be appreciated, but I still cruise by and see what they are talking about. There are some Nasa people there too so they discuss when the hi-res photos are being released etc..
min. 22 / 35 Today the 100 00 dollar question goes to : Dr. Jessica Sunshine ! Question from Space Flight Magazine: "When you expect to get some spectral data you can release ?
Instead of bringing some sunshine into our life, instead of answering the 100 000 dollar question with a 100 000 dollar answer, Dr. Sunshine says:
" ....I haven`t seen any, `cause we have been busy.... we haven´t even looked at it..." Come on Dr. Sunshine, you haven`t even looked at it ? Dark days in Maryland.
Yes q that sequence is pretty weird if you know what I mean. Every time the comet comes to view the galactic background blacks out … and the approach is not like you would imagine a craft to head towards its target … IMHO
103P on 2010-11-04 103P/Hartley 2 no longer shows up as a faint fuzzy blob! Check out the 'Day of Encounter' Gallery. And don't worry, we will be adding more images as well over the next several days and weeks! Read More...
We have been told that Comets are dirty ice balls that are made shine by the solar wind, which produces the “tail” of the comet. After seeing several comets, I cannot see any tail, but rather lantern or flashlights projecting from it’s core in different directions.
Although scientists try keep their absurd hypothesis including the dirty ice ball story, potato shape rocks, the reductionist approach to a dull mass of chemical compounds, the compression artifacts in the image causing misconceptions in the observer, etc. if you hear this conference held by JPL’s staff, regarding the images acquired, you will realize these people are as clueless as we might be on the true nature of these amazing celestial bodies.
Also worth noticing in goggog’s animated sequence of the comet: The celestial body gets nearer to the observer, then takes a bow and backs away. That does not correspond to the point of view of a craft that supposedly flew by it. When asked by CNN about the purpose of the EPOXI mission, it gets hard for the lecturers to explain exactly what it was
This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken by NASA's EPOXI mission during its flyby of the comet on Nov. 4, 2010. It was captured by the spacecraft's Medium-Resolution Instrument.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD (Colorized by Frutty)