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 8 2008, 01:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1465 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Columbus OH USA Member No.: 13 |
Sounds like an impressively complicated and exacting maneuver to get Cassini's rotation to just cancel out Enc's apparent motion during the skeet shoot.
From the description, looks like they're taking just one photo at each of the skeet shoot locations--so no closeup "movies" of plumes? What are the odds the plumes would even be visible, looking down on them? Hypothetically, anyone know what the typical shutter times are for the ISS cameras in this kind of lighting, also the minimum cycle time in "burst mode"? -------------------- |
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