Valentine, NASA Aircraft Meet Comet

Los Angeles - After a long trip, NASA will finally meet the perfect mate, a comet half the size of Mahattan.

The meeting between the Stardust and comet Tempel 1 will occur on Monday (14 / 2) of this. The meeting will take place 338 million miles from Earth. Stardust who drove with a speed of 38.6 thousand km / h it will fly a distance of 200 km from the potato-shaped comet to take pictures.

If successful, this event will be the first event by scientists before and after pictures Tempel 1 was taken. This will help scientists examine any changes in the surface of the comet diterjadi.

In 2005, Tempel 1 is not pleasant to receive requests from other NASA satellites called the Deep Impact copper who fired a bullet into a comet on July 4. It raises the cosmic fireworks and craters on the surface of the comet.

High-speed collision caused a lot of dust and debris. Deep Impact failed to see any man-made hole in a comet, because images obtained are too flashy. Scientists hope to get a second chance with Stardust.

"I'm not going to sleep on Valentine's Day and send lots of love on the comet," said Pete Schultz Brown University researcher. [vin]

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