William Atkins
Saturday, 25 July 2009 17:49
Science -
Space
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Matt Mountain, STScI director, provided time to observe Jupiter through Hubble to a team of astronomers headed by Heidi Hammel, all from the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado.
Dr. Hammel stated,
“Hubble's truly exquisite imaging capability has revealed an astonishing wealth of detail in the impact site. By combining these images with our ground-based data at other wavelengths, our Hubble data will allow a comprehensive understanding of exactly what is happening to the impact debris."
The NASA article concludes with a comment from Ed Weiler, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Weiler states,
“This is just one example of what Hubble's new, state-of-the-art camera can do, thanks to the STS-125 astronauts and the entire Hubble team."
He added,
"However, the best is yet to come."
To obtain more information about Hubble, go to:
http://www.nasa.gov/hubble.
Find out where Hubble is located overhead by going to the website: "
HubbleSite--Where's Hubble Now?..."
To learn more about the planet Jupiter, check out the NASA website: "
Jupiter".