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Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Steins, 5th September 2008
peter59
post Jun 19 2008, 06:53 AM
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Only 78 days to Stein encounter ! I can't believe I forgot about this event.


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Ken90000
post Jul 7 2008, 08:17 PM
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The Cool thing about 2867 Steins is its type. We have never seen an “E” type asteroid at close range. Unfortunately, as you know, Steins is a tiny asteroid only 4.6 km in diameter.

There would be no point in approaching closer than the planned 800 km. Rosetta simply cannot track a body passing by so quickly. Remember, the spacecraft was designed to explore a comet while slowly orbiting the body.

I look forward to seeing what this body looks like even if the images are only a few hundred pixels across. Likewise, the data from spectrometers and other instruments should keep us occupied until the next flyby.

But, if you are looking for multi-image mosaics, you will have to wait for the 2010 flyby of 21 Lutetia.
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- peter59   Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Steins   Jun 19 2008, 06:53 AM
- - dmuller   Indeed, almost there ... 78 days and 121 million k...   Jun 19 2008, 09:00 AM
|- - plasmatorus   QUOTE (dmuller @ Jun 19 2008, 02:00 AM) I...   Jul 28 2008, 04:45 PM
- - ugordan   QUOTE (peter59 @ Jun 19 2008, 08:53 AM) O...   Jun 19 2008, 09:05 AM
|- - peter59   QUOTE (ugordan @ Jun 19 2008, 09:05 AM) A...   Jun 19 2008, 10:01 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (peter59 @ Jun 19 2008, 12:01 PM) P...   Jun 19 2008, 10:47 AM
- - jasedm   Perhaps it's time for a dedicated 'Steins...   Jun 19 2008, 10:11 AM
- - djellison   They had previously been announced ( both of them,...   Jun 19 2008, 10:58 AM
- - Paolo   Some details about Steins that I collected for the...   Jun 21 2008, 09:23 AM
- - IM4   Even more details for Rosetta fans !!...   Jun 21 2008, 10:04 AM
- - tasp   Do we have any radar data indicating binary/satel...   Jun 21 2008, 11:35 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (tasp @ Jun 21 2008, 03:35 AM) Do w...   Jun 21 2008, 05:00 PM
||- - tedstryk   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 21 2008, 05:00 PM) Was...   Jun 21 2008, 08:39 PM
|- - jasedm   QUOTE (tasp @ Jun 21 2008, 12:35 PM) Do w...   Jun 25 2008, 04:21 PM
|- - cotopaxi   QUOTE (jasedm @ Jun 25 2008, 05:21 PM) I ...   Jul 14 2008, 03:36 AM
- - gpurcell   These sort of encounters always fascinate me...thi...   Jun 21 2008, 03:31 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (gpurcell @ Jun 21 2008, 11:31 AM) ...   Jun 21 2008, 04:16 PM
- - tasp   Thanx for the article! An idea springs to min...   Jun 25 2008, 05:21 PM
- - tty   Certainly there are earth-crossing binaries. There...   Jun 25 2008, 06:57 PM
- - cosmo   Around 15% or even more of the NEAs are suspected ...   Jun 29 2008, 10:15 AM
- - Rakhir   Rosetta awakes from hibernation for asteroid encou...   Jul 3 2008, 09:50 PM
- - charborob   I've been doing some calculations. Rosetta...   Jul 4 2008, 02:35 PM
|- - tedstryk   To be fair, Gaspra is a much bigger asteroid - 18...   Jul 4 2008, 07:16 PM
- - charborob   In my post, I was just trying to give an idea of w...   Jul 4 2008, 08:49 PM
- - Ken90000   The Cool thing about 2867 Steins is its type. We ...   Jul 7 2008, 08:17 PM
- - dvandorn   Let us hope that ESA doesn't do the same thing...   Jul 8 2008, 04:11 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jul 8 2008, 06:11 AM) L...   Jul 8 2008, 07:29 AM
- - djellison   Crime 1. Not sequencing a normal RGB sequence dur...   Jul 8 2008, 11:45 AM
|- - ugordan   Crime 2 definitely stands. It's ironic that th...   Jul 8 2008, 11:55 AM
- - tasp   The article indicates light curve data was taken f...   Jul 14 2008, 12:56 PM
|- - cotopaxi   Full quote of previous post removed - mods OSIRIS...   Jul 15 2008, 03:59 AM
- - tasp   IIRC, a craft will eventually return to Tempel 1, ...   Jul 15 2008, 12:18 PM
|- - tedstryk   And that couldn't be done from earth because w...   Jul 15 2008, 01:43 PM
- - tasp   I am just trying to find activities for NH when it...   Jul 15 2008, 02:04 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (tasp @ Jul 15 2008, 04:04 PM) Nix ...   Jul 15 2008, 02:23 PM
- - dmuller   Thanks plasmatorus for the flyby time and Emily fo...   Jul 29 2008, 10:49 AM
- - Paolo   Note that there are three papers on Steins for pub...   Aug 2 2008, 05:51 PM
|- - Paolo   the three papers are now available. I guess this i...   Aug 12 2008, 12:01 PM
- - remcook   Optical tracking has started (includes image of St...   Aug 4 2008, 12:20 PM
|- - cotopaxi   I am not sure what exactly is unclear, but let me ...   Aug 4 2008, 01:09 PM
- - remcook   thanks for the explanation. sorry, my confusion wa...   Aug 4 2008, 01:25 PM
|- - cotopaxi   Ah, ok, yes, that's confusing. It guess it is ...   Aug 5 2008, 08:26 AM
- - remcook   Thanks again, much appreciated! Looking forwar...   Aug 5 2008, 08:37 AM
- - jasedm   The discoverer of Steins died a few years back, bu...   Aug 12 2008, 12:32 PM
- - cndwrld   Here is some information on the flyby. I tried to ...   Aug 13 2008, 08:57 AM
|- - mchan   Thanks for posting this description. QUOTE (cndwr...   Aug 14 2008, 01:44 AM
- - cndwrld   QUOTE Hope to see lots of images then. Ahhh, don...   Aug 14 2008, 07:22 AM
- - cndwrld   nth Asteroid Flyby I was wondering about this que...   Aug 18 2008, 07:49 AM
- - djellison   Ones I can think of Galileo did Gaspera, then Ida...   Aug 18 2008, 09:17 AM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 18 2008, 01:17 AM)...   Aug 25 2008, 03:47 AM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 24 2008, 11:47 P...   Aug 25 2008, 04:07 AM
- - PhilCo126   Don't forget Hayabusa... and the cometary fly-...   Aug 18 2008, 11:19 AM
|- - djellison   Hayabusa was a rendezvous and orbit, and well, a c...   Aug 18 2008, 11:58 AM
- - cotopaxi   Some information and images from the navigation ca...   Aug 18 2008, 04:41 PM
- - tasp   I recall Carl Sagan finding difficulty in scheduli...   Aug 18 2008, 11:42 PM
|- - tallbear   QUOTE (tasp @ Aug 18 2008, 03:42 PM) I re...   Aug 19 2008, 07:41 AM
|- - ugordan   Well, "closer looks" is a bit misleading...   Aug 19 2008, 08:20 AM
- - jasedm   This is a great way of characterising the small mo...   Aug 19 2008, 08:24 AM
|- - JRehling   FWIW, of all of the small inner satellites of Satu...   Aug 19 2008, 06:34 PM
- - PhilCo126   Stardust is still on route for another flyby with ...   Aug 19 2008, 05:46 PM
- - PhilCo126   Correction Emily; a single-image version of Your ...   Aug 25 2008, 09:24 AM
- - jasedm   I second that sentiment - nice job Emily. It's...   Aug 25 2008, 02:45 PM
- - peter59   The closest approach to Steins is due to take plac...   Aug 25 2008, 07:33 PM
- - PhilCo126   Rosetta blog: http://webservices.esa.int/blog/blog...   Sep 2 2008, 12:37 PM
|- - stewjack   ESA Spacecraft Operations News Timeline of nomin...   Sep 2 2008, 04:25 PM
|- - peter59   QUOTE (stewjack @ Sep 2 2008, 05:25 PM) D...   Sep 2 2008, 04:35 PM
- - djellison   Ahh - good stuff - I thought the last Earth flyby ...   Sep 2 2008, 12:55 PM
- - stewjack   This Coverage of Rosetta Steins fly-by will probab...   Sep 4 2008, 06:42 PM
|- - climber   Unnecessary full inline quote removed - mod. The ...   Sep 5 2008, 06:38 PM
- - PhilCo126   For the Press conference, also: http://www.esa.int...   Sep 5 2008, 11:38 AM
- - dmuller   Closest approach now just over 1 hr 15 minutes awa...   Sep 5 2008, 05:26 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE We just had a quick chat with Spacecraft Ope...   Sep 5 2008, 05:32 PM
- - imipak   Climber - if stewjack's got it wrong then so h...   Sep 5 2008, 07:22 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (imipak @ Sep 5 2008, 09:22 PM) Cli...   Sep 5 2008, 09:11 PM
|- - tedstryk   So, no images yet. I take it ESA is hiding behind...   Sep 5 2008, 10:50 PM
- - Hungry4info   Definitely looking forward to some images ^_^ I...   Sep 5 2008, 10:58 PM
- - elakdawalla   Hungry4info: Here's my favorite Web resource ...   Sep 5 2008, 11:43 PM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Sep 5 2008, 05:43 PM...   Sep 5 2008, 11:57 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Sep 6 2008, 01:57 AM...   Sep 6 2008, 06:43 AM
|- - ustrax   Dear Ted...you MUST admit that things are changing...   Sep 6 2008, 07:39 AM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (ustrax @ Sep 6 2008, 08:39 AM) Dea...   Sep 6 2008, 09:04 AM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE What is "I type" asteroid??? Toma...   Sep 6 2008, 09:11 AM
- - volcanopele   Sure I might as well. Now taking bets on the obje...   Sep 6 2008, 12:28 AM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Sep 5 2008, 05:28 PM...   Sep 6 2008, 02:11 AM
- - tasp   Itokawa and Eros had a love child with a bad attit...   Sep 6 2008, 01:01 AM
- - dvandorn   Potato. Definitely potato. -the other Doug   Sep 6 2008, 02:28 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   I'll say a yam.   Sep 6 2008, 02:56 AM
- - vjkane   since all the obvious ones are taken, Snoopy!   Sep 6 2008, 03:38 AM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (vjkane @ Sep 5 2008, 09:38 PM) sin...   Sep 6 2008, 04:39 AM
- - lyford   QUOTE It's incredible!Flight Director Paol...   Sep 6 2008, 04:03 AM
- - nprev   Okay...I'm gonna go with "fat-hockey-puck...   Sep 6 2008, 05:43 AM
- - lyford   GO USTRAX!!!! Of course, it...   Sep 6 2008, 07:42 AM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (lyford @ Sep 6 2008, 08:42 AM) GO ...   Sep 6 2008, 07:47 AM
- - Philotas   From their blog: QUOTE Good morning! The fi...   Sep 6 2008, 07:44 AM
|- - Rakhir   QUOTE (Philotas @ Sep 6 2008, 08:44 AM) F...   Sep 6 2008, 08:41 AM
- - Tman   Hehe, would be cool if it's congruent with the...   Sep 6 2008, 07:59 AM
- - lyford   Crikey! 1:45 am PST and some Cabernet Franc te...   Sep 6 2008, 08:50 AM
- - Toma B   What is "I type" asteroid??? QUOTE Good...   Sep 6 2008, 09:01 AM
- - Toma B   This is what we were expecting? QUOTE Size_______...   Sep 6 2008, 09:07 AM
- - climber   Press conf in less than 10 minutes   Sep 6 2008, 09:50 AM
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