[Elsie]

During its final moments, the impactor will take the closet images of comet's surface ever. The kinetic energy that will be released by the collision is estimated to be the equivalent of nearly 5 tons of TNT. However, this will only change the comet's velocity by about 0.0001 millimeters per second (0.014 inches per hour). The collision will not appreciably modify the orbital path of Tempel 1, which poses no threat to Earth now or in the foreseeable future.

Uh huh.... sure.

Until Marvin gets REALLY ticked about his vacation cottage being obliterated and comes a'hunting!

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[Zuben Elgenubi]

LOL, vacation cottage indeed. Good one.