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 11 2008, 08:10 PM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2254 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
The distant (~450,000 km) images from today's 3 hour "early" downlink seem to be do down. At a quick glance I didn't notice any plume material but the automatic contrast stretch messes things up so this may not mean anything.
NAC image with Enceladus nicely centered: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...iImageID=165786 Scanning around somewhere near Enceladus: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...iImageID=165828 |
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