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 3 2008, 07:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Yikes they are really going to be diving trough those ice plumes. Makes me wonder if a post encounter view of Saturn might look something like this:
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Aug 8 2008, 02:06 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Yikes they are really going to be diving trough those ice plumes. Unfortunately, it's too much to hope for a few bugs on the windshield as well... Not to stray too far OT here, but I really wonder how much material a future Enceladus plume sampling instrument could accumulate doing flybys like this. Perhaps Cassini is testing the water...? (yeah...go ahead & shoot me for that, it's deserved.) -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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