Comets are far more than an intellectual interest. These things affect us, and may have even enabled us to exist.
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This is a rare opportunity to watch a comet in its death throes from very close range.Don Yeomans
We hope to get 15 centimeters resolution. That's unprecedented resolution.
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Goodness, no. The closest fragment will be about six million miles away--or twenty-five times farther than the Moon.
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It's an interesting object and it's raised some interesting issues, but a worrisome threat No. We've got plenty of time.
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We're trying to understand the structure of a comet and also its composition. Once we hit it, we will open up surface areas that are exposed to the sunlight and see new subsurface ices for the first time.
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