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Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Steins, 5th September 2008

peter59 View Member Profile	Jun 19 2008, 06:53 AM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 571 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Silesia Member No.: 299	Only 78 days to Stein encounter ! I can't believe I forgot about this event. -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer). http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html

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Toma B View Member Profile	Sep 6 2008, 09:07 AM Post #2
Member Group: Members Posts: 648 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Subotica Member No.: 384	This is what we were expecting? QUOTE Size_______________4.6 km Orbital Radius_______353 million km Class______________E-type asteroid Rotation Period______approximately 6.05 hours Shape_____________irregular but not elongated Closest approach____5 September 2008, 20:58 CEST Asteroid spectral types -------------------- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. Jules H. Poincare My "Astrophotos" gallery on flickr...

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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 QUOTE Hope to see lots of images then. Ahhh, don... Aug 14 2008, 07:22 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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