The e-Pistles of Paul ©2010 A.D.: July 2022

Thursday 28 July 2022

Pingualuit Crater, Canada

Meteor impact damaged James Webb Space Telescope's mirror

Meteor impact left 'uncorrectable' damage to
the Webb telescope's mirror, new report shows
Fortunately, engineers planned for this.
By Brandon Specktor, Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/james-webb-space-telescope-micrometeoroid-picture

Characterization of JWST science performance from commissioning
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, European Space
Agency, and Canadian Space Agency, arxiv, July 12, 2022
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2207/2207.05632.pdf

Yours,

Paul

Next Possible Use for Fake Meteorites

After someone tried the inside of hollowed out trees, I am
surprised that this happened.

Spanish police seize tonne of cocaine hidden in fake stones
RTE, Spain, June 4, 2019
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2019/0604/1053345-drugs-seized-spain/

Yours,

Paul H.

First released image from the Webb deep space scope

First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope
https://www.nasa.gov/webbfirstimages

NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-universe-yet

A full set of Webb James Webb Space Telescope’s
first full-color images and spectroscopic data during
a televised broadcast beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT
14:30 UTC) on Tuesday, July 12, from NASA’s
Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-updates-coverage-for-webb-telescope-s-first-images-reveal

Yours,

Paul H.

View and search online for US geologic maps using USGS map viewer

You can now view and search online for geologic
maps for the United States with the USGS National
Geologic Map Database Viewer (Beta Version).
https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/mapview/?center=-97,39.6&zoom=4

Different scale geologic maps show at different
magnifications. Also, the "Filter Maps by the Following
Scale Bin" menu needs to be used to view different scale
geologic maps.

Wetumpka, Alabama
https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/mapview/?center=-86.181,32.524&zoom=13

Sierra Madera, Pecos County, Texas
https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/mapview/?center=-102.908,30.6&zoom=13

Yours,

Paul H.

Behold the Weird Physics of Double-Impact Asteroids

Behold the Weird Physics of Double-Impact Asteroids
Mars is littered with craters made by binary asteroids.
These collisions are as intriguing as they are powerful.
Jonathan O,Callaghan, Wired Magazine, June 27, 2022
https://www.wired.com/story/mars-binary-asteroid-craters/

An amusing tale.

The Giant, Prehistoric Squid That Ate Common Sense
Brian Switek, Wired Magazine, Oct. 2011
https://www.wired.com/2011/10/the-giant-prehistoric-squid-that-ate-common-sense/

Yours,

Paul H.