Due Date: End of Lab Period

This assignment makes use of Internet Resources. Go to one of the search engines listed below and type in the Keyword Comet .

• The Best Place to Start YAHOO (if its not here it doesn't exist)
• The Second Best Place to Start WebCrawler
• Now the Third Best Place to Start InfoSeek
• Well Organized Planet Earth Home Page
• A good one The Galaxy

Using the Mail to Nuts feature, please send some brief email answering the following questions:

1. When did the impact between the Comet and Jupiter occur? Do you remember it or remember seeing any images of the event?

2. Appoximately how many fragments hit Jupiter and where did they strike the Planet?

3. What was the effect on Jupiter of these "impacts"?

4. At what wavelengths were most of the images taken and why did those wavelengths reveal an apparent "flash" of light?

5. List some telescopes around the planet that participated in the monitoring of Jupiter during this event. Send some URLs of images taken with those telescopes.