Uranus Orbiter, The other proposed ice-giant mission |
Uranus Orbiter, The other proposed ice-giant mission |
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Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 509 Joined: 2-July 05 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 426 ![]() |
Since the Neptune Orbiter thread has started to veer into talking about a Uranus orbiter as well, it seemed like a good idea to start a topic for Uranus.
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![]() Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 656 Joined: 20-April 05 From: League City, Texas Member No.: 285 ![]() |
Perhaps slightly off-topic, but there have been serious discussions recently about putting an interferometric telescope array in orbit which could resolve (2+ pixels) earth-sized planets about other stars. A quick back of the envelope calculation assuming an earth-sized planet 6 light years away corresponds to a resolution of 1 kilometer at the distance of neptune. Increase this by a factor of 10-100 and we're getting distinctly competitive with what spacecraft can do, without needing to venture much beyond earth orbit. Just playing devil's advocate here
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