Cassini's Extended-Extended Mission, July 2010-June 2017 |
Cassini's Extended-Extended Mission, July 2010-June 2017 |
Feb 6 2009, 03:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3241 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Perhaps now would be a good time to start a new thread on the Extended-Extended Mission.
http://www.space.com/news/090127-cassini-m...-extension.html -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Feb 21 2009, 10:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3241 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
No, no, I meant that there are 12 encounters of Enceladus with C/A distances of less than 10,000 km.
The Helene encounter is currently around 1800 km on June 18, 2011. Looks like both flybys (the other being on March 3, 2010 at 1820 km) will allow for nearly global imaging of the small body so that after the two flybys, Helene should be pretty well mapped. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Feb 22 2009, 05:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
The Helene encounter is currently around 1800 km on June 18, 2011. Thanks. That's close, will Cassini be able to track Helene the whole encounter - angular rates and all that? Too bad about the missed opportunities to re-image Hyperion, that moon makes for great poster material. -------------------- |
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