Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Steins, 5th September 2008 |
Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Steins, 5th September 2008 |
 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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Aug 14 2008, 07:22 AM
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QUOTE Hope to see lots of images then. Ahhh, don't we all...... But as in the past, I expect we'll see a handful of press conference pictures. Still, they should be very cool pictures. -------------------- --
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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 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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