What's the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT? |
What's the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT? |
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Jan 16 2010, 01:15 AM
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HiRISE Stay tuned, HiFans, we'll be making a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT next Wednesday...! :-o Hmmm... is it literally something BIG, or maybe they found MPL? |
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Jan 17 2010, 09:09 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Mike, hopefully not OT, but why is MRO's orbit a bit elliptical instead of circular? Is this to minimize atmospheric drag?
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Jan 18 2010, 12:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2547 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Mike, hopefully not OT, but why is MRO's orbit a bit elliptical instead of circular? It's required to keep the orbit "frozen" at a sun-synchronous precession rate (this was one of many permutations possible.) -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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