Convocatoria de Rueda de Prensa con motivo del seguimiento del impacto con el cometa 9P/Tempel 1

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El próximo lunes, 4 de julio, a las 9.30 horas, tendrá lugar una rueda de prensa en el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (Garafía, La Palma) con motivo del impacto del proyectil de la nave de la NASA Deep Impact con el cometa 9P/Tempel 1 y su seguimiento desde los Observatorios del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). En el acto estarán presentes los astrofísicos Javier Licandro, del Grupo de Telescopios Isaac Newton (ING) y del IAC, y Miquel Serra-Ricart, investigador del IAC y Administrador del Observatorio del Teide.

El proyectil de la nave Deep Impact impactará en el núcleo del cometa 9P/Tempel 1 a las 5:52 TU (6:52 en Canarias, 7:52 en la Península). El Observatorio establecerá una conexión de videoconferencia, desde momentos antes del impacto, con el Observatorio de Mauna Kea, en Hawai (Estados Unidos), donde se iniciarán las observaciones del cometa que se continuarán posteriormente desde otros observatorios entre ellos los de Canarias.

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