Enceladus August 11, 2008 encounter, Close-up observations of plume vents |
Enceladus August 11, 2008 encounter, Close-up observations of plume vents |
Aug 3 2008, 06:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 934 Joined: 4-September 06 From: Boston Member No.: 1102 |
Just 8 days until the next Enceladus encounter.
CICLOPS Rev 80 Looking Ahead will appear here soon. Cassini Enceladus 080EN Mission Description is here now. We get to fly through the south polar jets again. -Floyd [edit] Soon = somtime before encounter -------------------- |
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Aug 4 2008, 09:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 655 Joined: 22-January 06 Member No.: 655 |
Joe that's an inspirational piece of work! - many thanks for sharing it with us.
Am I right in concluding that the sequence planners may have allowed for some saturnshine exposures on the outbound leg? I think the camera pointing into space is a consequence of other instruments being 'prime' during the very closest approach, in order to get other data on the plumes themselves. Can't wait for the results on this one. |
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Aug 4 2008, 11:16 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1465 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Columbus OH USA Member No.: 13 |
Joe that's an inspirational piece of work! - many thanks for sharing it with us. My pleasure... and thanks to Cassini for timely updating of the SPICE navigation data, allowing such looks into the future. QUOTE Am I right in concluding that the sequence planners may have allowed for some saturnshine exposures on the outbound leg? I think the camera pointing into space is a consequence of other instruments being 'prime' during the very closest approach, in order to get other data on the plumes themselves. Can't wait for the results on this one. Don't know about specific plans. The team does publish such info sometimes in their "science plan" SPICE files, but the current plan, S42, ends on August 11 (hours before the Enceladus flyby ) and the next plan, S43, hasn't been posted yet. Usually there's a several day gap between the end of one plan and the posting of the next. Maybe the links Floyd gave in the first post will tell some more, when updated. -------------------- |
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