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Posted by: dvandorn Oct 19 2006, 01:43 AM

Gee -- one stupid planet disappears behind the Sun, and most of y'all have nothing to talk about...



-the other Doug

Posted by: ermar Oct 19 2006, 01:56 AM

http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wspace?tbody=10&vbody=399&month=10&day=19&year=2006&hour=02&minute=00&fovmul=1&rfov=7&bfov=30&porbs=1&showsc=1, but who's counting?

Posted by: tasp Oct 19 2006, 02:24 AM

How 'bout dem asteroids?

Posted by: mchan Oct 19 2006, 02:29 AM

Asteroids do not concern me...at least not until Dawn arrives.

Posted by: tuvas Oct 19 2006, 02:33 AM

I have noticed the form is quiet now that Mars is in conjunction. I know that Mars has 6 operating spacecraft, but, seriously folks...

Posted by: edstrick Oct 19 2006, 08:42 AM

The UMSF addict is seen crawling away from a crashed flash-gordon-rocketship across a desert with a pink sky....pitifully gasping "Data! Data!"....

Posted by: djellison Oct 19 2006, 09:07 AM

Jim and I had a joke about this - it's time to reaquaint yourselves with families...read a book...take a vacation...or look back at 2000 sols worth of imaging

Doug

Posted by: climber Oct 19 2006, 09:20 AM

How often conjunction occurs?

Posted by: angel1801 Oct 19 2006, 12:39 PM

Mars may be in conjunction right now but I know this. On November 8-9, the planet Mercury
will be inferior conjunction to the earth and will transit the sun a few hours later.

Posted by: djellison Oct 19 2006, 12:49 PM

And will not be visible from Europe

Doug

Posted by: paxdan Oct 19 2006, 12:55 PM

i'll probably try and catch it online

Posted by: MahFL Oct 19 2006, 01:29 PM

I can't wait till Messenger flies by Mercury, and later of course orbits it.

Posted by: Bill Harris Oct 19 2006, 03:18 PM

Some are looking through 1000 Sols of image archives working to make sense of what we see at Victoria.

--Bill

Posted by: RNeuhaus Oct 19 2006, 03:36 PM

It is time to review past topic to refresh the memory. Now I am reading Stephen Hawking's books.

Rodolfo

Posted by: tuvas Oct 19 2006, 07:17 PM

The length of time for a conjunction depends, for Mars it's about once every 26 months or so, it's at the earliest once a year if it's further than Earth, the closer the farther spaced but the less time they last, so... Saturn is about once every 13 months or so, for a week or two. Don't know about any other planets...

Posted by: nprev Oct 19 2006, 07:28 PM

Man...this conjunction really makes me realize how much a part of life the MERs have become for me (and most of the other people in this forum). Sure hope that at least one of them lasts until MSL lands...

Posted by: tuvas Oct 19 2006, 09:02 PM

You might make Phoenix, but I really doubt either'll be alive when MSL reaches there. Of course, they are just like the energizer bunny, but, well, you can't push your luck too far...

Posted by: volcanopele Oct 19 2006, 10:02 PM

Cassini....*cough* Cassini... (not currently behind the Sun)