Ceres Low-Altitude Mapping Orbit (LAMO) |
Ceres Low-Altitude Mapping Orbit (LAMO) |
Jun 29 2016, 07:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2073 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
New press release on Occator:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6547 Highest concentration of carbonates beyond Earth! |
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Jun 30 2016, 05:22 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
and here is the paper, if you have access to Nature:
Bright carbonate deposits as evidence of aqueous alteration on (1) Ceres |
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Jul 1 2016, 12:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2073 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Looks like this won't be the last thread in this subsection of the board after all: extended mission approved! http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_06_30_16.html
2019 flyby of 145 Adeona with departure later this year! |
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Jul 1 2016, 12:23 AM
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it looks like the image of the day is gone
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/mai...timedia/images/ i am getting a 404 |
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Jul 1 2016, 01:29 AM
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MOD NOTE: At this time it appears that no official announcement concerning future targets for Dawn has been made by NASA. Therefore, any posts concerning that are, for now, completely speculative.
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Jul 1 2016, 05:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2073 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
I did think it strange that there were just 'xx' in the spaces in the last paragraph where Rayman posts the statistics for the month (like it was incomplete). Looks like his journal was a bit ahead of the curve. Maybe they're preparing a special announcement?
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Jul 1 2016, 11:16 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
NASA must decide soon on Dawn mission’s next act http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/30/nasa-...sions-next-act/ |
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Jul 1 2016, 02:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 14-April 06 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 745 |
That is a very helpful article. Thank you!
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Jul 1 2016, 11:25 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
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Jul 2 2016, 12:11 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 890 Joined: 18-November 08 Member No.: 4489 |
dawn is supposed to use the drive and in 2019 leave ceres and move on to 145 Adeona
or not ???? |
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Jul 2 2016, 12:21 AM
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Nope. NASA chose the option to keep Dawn at Ceres.
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Jul 2 2016, 07:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 495 Joined: 12-February 12 Member No.: 6336 |
Aha they did indeed choose to continue to monitor Ceres as long as possible. A bit surprising, but as this paragraph stated, there is a possibility that Ceres might come up with some additional surprise as it get a bit of balmy summer weather.
“The long-term monitoring of Ceres, particularly as it gets closer to perihelion – the part of its orbit with the shortest distance to the sun -- has the potential to provide more significant science discoveries than a flyby of Adeona.” ....and the same text mention that New Horizons extended mission have been approved. |
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Jul 22 2016, 07:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 866 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 196 |
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Aug 5 2016, 04:39 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Central California Member No.: 45 |
it looks like the image of the day is gone http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/mai...timedia/images/ i am getting a 404 I don't know if it replaced the image of the day page, but here's the link to the dawn images > http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/images/index.html -------------------- Eric P / MizarKey
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Aug 9 2016, 09:19 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 362 Joined: 13-April 06 From: Malta Member No.: 741 |
It's interesting to note that the Galilean moons Ganymede and Callisto also show clay minerals on the surface like Ceres. Can anyone elaborate on this?
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