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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 863722" data-attributes="member: 175144"><p>Images taken from Messenger, sitting in orbit around Mercury</p><p></p><p>t<em>he MESSENGER observations offer a varied science investigation of the comets. “Whereas the MDIS images will provide a global picture of the comet coma morphology, MASCS observations will inform us about the composition of the cometary ices, and XRS may be able to tell us what the dust is made of,” Vervack said.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“Comet encounters were not considered when the MESSENGER mission was designed,” said Sean Solomon of Columbia University in New York. “If Encke and ISON share a few of their secrets on the formation and evolution of the solar system, the MESSENGER team will be delighted with the scientific bonus</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.astronomy.com/news/2013/11/messenger-captures-images-of-encke-and-ison" target="_blank">http://www.astronomy.com/news/2013/11/messenger-captures-images-of-encke-and-ison</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 863722, member: 175144"] Images taken from Messenger, sitting in orbit around Mercury t[I]he MESSENGER observations offer a varied science investigation of the comets. “Whereas the MDIS images will provide a global picture of the comet coma morphology, MASCS observations will inform us about the composition of the cometary ices, and XRS may be able to tell us what the dust is made of,” Vervack said. “Comet encounters were not considered when the MESSENGER mission was designed,” said Sean Solomon of Columbia University in New York. “If Encke and ISON share a few of their secrets on the formation and evolution of the solar system, the MESSENGER team will be delighted with the scientific bonus[/I] [url]http://www.astronomy.com/news/2013/11/messenger-captures-images-of-encke-and-ison[/url] [/QUOTE]
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