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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Cassini's ongoing mission and raw images _ All About Phoebe

Posted by: dilo May 27 2005, 06:50 PM

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/SEM9K40DU8E_0.html

Posted by: Decepticon May 27 2005, 07:05 PM

Nice read.

Off topic: Was Phoebe fully mapped?

Posted by: Jeff7 May 27 2005, 07:55 PM

QUOTE (Decepticon @ May 27 2005, 03:05 PM)

Nice read.

Off topic: Was Phoebe fully mapped?

I don't think so - it just got a quick, close flyby. At absolute best, only half of it would have been sunlit, but that would have required a perfect approach, with Cassini almost directly between Phoebe and The Sun.

Hm, well, fast forward a minute or two. Checking http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/images.cfm?subCategoryID=13, there is an image titled "The True Shape of Phoebe." I guess it was rotating quickly enough that Cassini was able to get a lot of images all around. Whaddayaknow.

Posted by: Phil Stooke May 28 2005, 03:50 PM

Phoebe is a fast rotator, about 9 hours, so they actually got excellent images of most of the surface. One side is better than the other, but we will end up with very good maps.

Phil

Posted by: Decepticon May 29 2005, 01:15 AM

Thats good to know!

I can't wait to see all the final maps of the moons!