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Another miss...  |
| Forum: InSight · Post Preview: #243473 · Replies: 1270 · Views: 1002250 |
| Posted on: Jan 15 2019, 11:19 AM | |
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QUOTE (bobik @ Jan 15 2019, 06:55 AM)  So what's the rational behind the slit on the small ball, for it seems that without it the ball would have slipped through? Maybe a thermal expansion thing. |
| Forum: InSight · Post Preview: #243441 · Replies: 1270 · Views: 1002250 |
| Posted on: Jan 15 2019, 11:14 AM | |
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Odd they could not grab the ball, they must have done it dozens of times on Earth. |
| Forum: InSight · Post Preview: #243440 · Replies: 1270 · Views: 1002250 |
| Posted on: Jan 7 2019, 10:29 PM | |
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QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Jan 7 2019, 08:40 AM) Which areas of Ultima Thule got the highest resolution coverage? They did not release that information. They took one stripe of images as they did the closest flyby. Assuming it was a horizontal shot across the "center" some of Ultima ( the big lobe ), might be imaged, bearing in mind when the load was sent up they did not fully know the shape or spin rate. |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #243279 · Replies: 154 · Views: 285130 |
| Posted on: Jan 5 2019, 10:04 AM | |
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QUOTE (Julius @ Jan 5 2019, 10:32 AM) Is the brown colour of lunar soil accurate? Is it dependent on lighting conditions on sun angle over horizon? No, it's a low res simpler contex camera, the Moon is not red. |
| Forum: Chang'e program · Post Preview: #243209 · Replies: 466 · Views: 1423581 |
| Posted on: Jan 5 2019, 02:14 AM | |
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QUOTE (Steve5304 @ Jan 4 2019, 02:24 PM) any targets after Ultima Thule? They will use LORRI to look for targets. |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #243198 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Jan 4 2019, 10:41 AM | |
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QUOTE (jccwrt @ Jan 4 2019, 11:20 AM) Phil, here's a landing video you can probably use to pinpoint the landing site. https://twitter.com/siyuan0zhao/status/1080...3315122177?s=19 That was the previous mission. |
| Forum: Chang'e program · Post Preview: #243166 · Replies: 466 · Views: 1423581 |
| Posted on: Jan 4 2019, 12:39 AM | |
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[quote name='PaulH51' post='243134' date='Jan 3 2019, 09:34 PM']Sol 37 images are on the server (Link). ICC frames show us the SEIS tether has been released from its storage box and is now on the ground  Here is a simple GIF of the before and after. Very cool, more visible progress. |
| Forum: InSight · Post Preview: #243148 · Replies: 1270 · Views: 1002250 |
| Posted on: Jan 3 2019, 09:39 AM | |
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QUOTE (Nafnlaus @ Jan 3 2019, 10:03 AM) Will today's press conference be at the same time as yesterday's? Yes. http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/Where-to-Watch.php |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #243089 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Jan 2 2019, 11:53 PM | |
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QUOTE (David Wright @ Jan 2 2019, 11:27 PM) I haven't seen any explanation of how angular momentum is lost, allowing a co-rotating pair of objects to spiral together and touch. They said some material would be ejected resulting in the slow down. |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #243057 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Jan 2 2019, 08:04 PM | |
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QUOTE (Station @ Jan 2 2019, 09:50 AM) Hi, I probably missed some information about SEIS deployment, but...enlight me please - how far from the spacecraft was it placed? 1 meter? Two? Thanks in adv for information. Maciej 1.8m, about the max they could reach. |
| Forum: InSight · Post Preview: #243029 · Replies: 1270 · Views: 1002250 |
| Posted on: Jan 2 2019, 07:44 PM | |
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QUOTE (Nafnlaus @ Jan 2 2019, 07:34 PM) They just talked about craters, but I didn't quite catch whether he was saying that the low level of cratering should be expected or not.... I guess we'll find out when they get a better crater count. I think he said the theoretical cratering rate there was generally pretty low, so to see few craters would not be unexpected. |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #243024 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Jan 1 2019, 11:35 PM | |
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NYT 1 data download should be on the ground now. |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #242943 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Jan 1 2019, 05:38 AM | |
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QUOTE (angel1801 @ Jan 1 2019, 05:24 AM) Only 9 minutes or just over 9000 KM to closest approach now. Gratz to the NH team, hopefully everything worked ok. |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #242882 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Jan 1 2019, 05:20 AM | |
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QUOTE (Aldebaran @ Jan 1 2019, 05:15 AM) Surrounded by millions of tiny orbiting particles Hope not as NH would be destroyed. |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #242880 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Jan 1 2019, 04:34 AM | |
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QUOTE (Decepticon @ Jan 1 2019, 03:57 AM) I expect a crater-less comet like object. I predict more than 1 crater.  |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #242877 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Dec 31 2018, 11:23 PM | |
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Less than 200K miles now. |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #242871 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Dec 31 2018, 05:37 PM | |
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Failsafe 2 should be downloading now. |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #242848 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Dec 31 2018, 03:30 AM | |
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QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Dec 31 2018, 04:16 AM) DSN Now shows 1.06 kb/ sec download! This is 'Failsafe 1', right? Correct, download ends at 23:56 EST. |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #242837 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Dec 31 2018, 12:02 AM | |
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0.9m miles now. Failsafe 1 images download starts at 8:31 pm EST. |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #242831 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Dec 30 2018, 12:12 AM | |
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QUOTE (Lucas @ Dec 29 2018, 11:29 PM) Interesting tweet from Alan... perhaps they have resolved Ultima Thule? https://twitter.com/alanstern/status/1079111629604831233 It seems to be something, but they are still too far out to resolve anything, except maybe if it's a binary or not ? Also according to Emily's posted schedule no pics are due to be downloaded today. |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #242810 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Dec 29 2018, 05:13 PM | |
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1.9m miles now.  |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #242803 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Dec 28 2018, 08:51 PM | |
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QUOTE (PaulM @ Dec 28 2018, 06:29 PM) I am hopeful that Jean-Yves Le Gall's twitter account will be a source of new Insight pictures over the next few weeks even if none are added to the JPL Raw Images page due to the shutdown. There seems to be no new pictures at the present time: New pictures did come down. |
| Forum: InSight · Post Preview: #242791 · Replies: 1270 · Views: 1002250 |
| Posted on: Dec 28 2018, 08:41 AM | |
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2.9m miles now... |
| Forum: New Horizons · Post Preview: #242776 · Replies: 294 · Views: 564414 |
| Posted on: Dec 28 2018, 06:04 AM | |
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Not sure if everyone knows but NASA Eyes does have a MU69 flyby preview and a current live view. https://eyes.nasa.gov/ |
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