Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Lutetia |
Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Lutetia |
 Dec 26 2009, 07:35 PM
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time to start a thread on one of the most interesting UMSF events of 2010...
Published thu on arXiv Ultraviolet and visible photometry of asteroid (21) Lutetia using the Hubble Space Telescope |
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Jul 10 2010, 09:57 PM
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Starting from now, this is my wallpaper!
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Jul 10 2010, 10:06 PM
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Some parts of that terrain look so smooth, it reminds me of one MRO image where the surface imaged is so smooth you get the effect the camera is out of focus (and only a crater here and there broke that illusion).
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Paolo Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Lutetia Dec 26 2009, 07:35 PM
Patteroast Lutetia will be the largest asteroid visited by a ... Dec 28 2009, 01:47 AM Paolo Actually the class of Lutetia is disputed, and it ... Dec 28 2009, 09:48 AM Paolo A quick recap of facts about Lutetia from "Ro... Dec 29 2009, 10:05 AM Paolo Two papers about Lutetia on arXiv today:
Inhomogen... Mar 10 2010, 06:12 AM stevesliva I just saw a reference to papers by Busarev et al,... Mar 12 2010, 05:46 AM Paolo nhomogeneities on the surface of 21 Lutetia, the a... Apr 17 2010, 10:03 AM Paolo This is interesting: the Ptolemy mass spectrometer... May 1 2010, 08:38 AM
Alan Stern QUOTE (Paolo @ May 1 2010, 08:38 AM) This... Jul 10 2010, 04:38 PM Explorer1 It would have to be faint indeed. If confirmed, th... May 1 2010, 08:44 AM nprev "Exosphere" in this context seems like a... May 1 2010, 09:06 AM Explorer1 I think a good rule of thumb would be: it's an... May 1 2010, 09:38 AM nprev QUOTE (Explorer1 @ May 1 2010, 02:38 AM) ... May 1 2010, 07:36 PM lyford This discussion seems to becoming perilously evoca... May 1 2010, 06:03 PM Hungry4info I think you're right, nprev. We don't see ... May 1 2010, 10:47 PM JGodbaz QUOTE (Hungry4info @ May 2 2010, 10:47 AM... May 2 2010, 10:32 AM Hungry4info Could that be explained by both Earth's rotati... May 2 2010, 12:15 PM Paolo Lutetia flyby navigation to start end of May http:... May 24 2010, 07:24 AM Explorer1 Incidentally, is there a particular method for pro... May 24 2010, 07:57 AM volcanopele I've been going with LOOT-eh-shee-ah. Not sur... May 24 2010, 08:06 AM Paolo QUOTE (volcanopele @ May 24 2010, 10:06 A... May 24 2010, 08:12 AM ElkGroveDan I think Paolo's version is closer, but I'v... May 24 2010, 02:06 PM Stu I'd have thought "Loo-TAY-shee-ah" m... May 24 2010, 02:58 PM ugordan Loo-TEE-shee-ah? May 24 2010, 03:59 PM Bart Well, since it is the Latin name for Paris, I woul... May 24 2010, 06:25 PM cassioli QUOTE (Bart @ May 24 2010, 07:25 PM) Well... Jun 24 2010, 11:28 AM vikingmars [quote Unfortunately looks like you have no ... Jun 24 2010, 01:08 PM nprev Okay, I'll play: "Loo-TEE-sha". May 24 2010, 06:50 PM jekbradbury The Wikipedia article says it's /ljuː... May 24 2010, 06:58 PM nprev Beginning to appreciate the IAU's asteroid num... May 24 2010, 07:13 PM Paolo There are two very interesting papers on adaptive ... May 31 2010, 03:02 PM dilo QUOTE (Paolo @ May 31 2010, 03:02 PM) The... Jun 18 2010, 06:28 AM charborob Rosetta has started imaging Lutetia. Not much to s... Jun 17 2010, 04:17 PM tasp Can't see the moons or rings or volcanoes yet ... Jun 17 2010, 08:51 PM Mongo Both German and Italian use the letter Z to repres... Jun 24 2010, 03:32 PM cassioli QUOTE (Mongo @ Jun 24 2010, 04:32 PM) Per... Jun 25 2010, 07:08 AM Hungry4info Rosetta Right on Target for Lutetia flyby
http://w... Jul 7 2010, 03:14 PM alan Love this quote from the Planetary Society blog
QU... Jul 8 2010, 05:53 AM dmuller The ESA operations center ESOC is in Darmstadt, Ge... Jul 8 2010, 06:45 AM cassioli any new image of the approaching?!?
which ... Jul 8 2010, 06:50 AM charborob QUOTE (cassioli @ Jul 8 2010, 01:50 AM) w... Jul 8 2010, 01:46 PM elakdawalla They won't actually resolve Lutetia as an obje... Jul 8 2010, 02:23 PM Enceladus75 Looking forward to this flyby as it will add yet a... Jul 8 2010, 02:45 PM Alan Stern QUOTE (Enceladus75 @ Jul 8 2010, 02:45 PM... Jul 9 2010, 12:54 PM elakdawalla Enceladus75, the answer to your question was poste... Jul 8 2010, 03:00 PM Enceladus75 QUOTE Enceladus75, the answer to your question was... Jul 8 2010, 03:18 PM Phil Stooke http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/5/1231
Getti... Jul 9 2010, 05:31 PM dmuller I have (at last!) added the "angular diam... Jul 9 2010, 05:42 PM belleraphon1 Another worldlet coming into our view... love it... Jul 9 2010, 07:21 PM maschnitz (Aside: hey, dmuller - ESA linked to you - http://... Jul 9 2010, 10:45 PM Hungry4info According to the Rosetta Real-Time Simulation, the... Jul 10 2010, 06:02 AM dmuller QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Jul 10 2010, 04:02 P... Jul 10 2010, 07:06 AM Hungry4info Ahh okay. My mistake.
From the Rosetta Blog.
Les... Jul 10 2010, 10:37 AM cassioli 160.000 km and counting!
http://www.dmuller.n... Jul 10 2010, 12:58 PM Hungry4info I'm guessing after they re-establish contact w... Jul 10 2010, 01:58 PM elakdawalla The first images will not be released until just a... Jul 10 2010, 02:17 PM dmuller Emily: You've described my problem quite well... Jul 10 2010, 02:46 PM elakdawalla Perhaps as a short term solution, for the few even... Jul 10 2010, 02:49 PM dmuller Sounds like a feasible idea. Too late to implement... Jul 10 2010, 02:55 PM Hungry4info A webcast has started.
http://webservices.esa.int... Jul 10 2010, 03:34 PM volcanopele LOL, of course the images will be presented only a... Jul 10 2010, 03:35 PM Hungry4info Well, we passed closest approach a few minutes ago... Jul 10 2010, 03:54 PM Phil Stooke http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/5/1246
Pics... Jul 10 2010, 04:21 PM Hungry4info Behold Lutetia:
Edit: He beat me to it Jul 10 2010, 04:22 PM alan Contact reestablished following close approach Jul 10 2010, 04:48 PM kenny Wonderful images! 100 km across and no eviden... Jul 10 2010, 05:02 PM cassioli fly-by mission accomplished.
heading to the com... Jul 10 2010, 05:03 PM Phil Stooke "100 km across and no evidence of gravitional... Jul 10 2010, 05:07 PM Loiserl I just put the Lutetia close-up animation. I'l... Jul 10 2010, 05:08 PM dilo Loiserl, you beat me. In my version, I introduced ... Jul 10 2010, 05:27 PM Stu QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Jul 10 2010, 04:36 P... Jul 10 2010, 05:37 PM Phil Stooke Playing around with contrast a bit and rearranging... Jul 10 2010, 06:10 PM dilo Thank you Phil for your analysis... I used last tw... Jul 10 2010, 07:23 PM alan Live webcast is started Jul 10 2010, 09:03 PM ugordan http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/5/1247
Lutet... Jul 10 2010, 09:04 PM alan Reminds me of Phobos
http://webservices.esa.int/bl... Jul 10 2010, 09:07 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (alan @ Jul 10 2010, 01:07 PM) Remi... Jul 10 2010, 10:15 PM Phil Stooke The best set of grooves on any object since Phobos... Jul 10 2010, 09:15 PM nprev QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 10 2010, 01:15 P... Jul 10 2010, 09:38 PM cassioli Never seen before: an asteroid with a planet in it... Jul 10 2010, 09:21 PM ugordan A bit of a colorization of that image:
Jul 10 2010, 09:40 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (ugordan @ Jul 10 2010, 01:04 PM) L... Jul 10 2010, 10:11 PM ngunn QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jul 10 2010, 11:11 P... Jul 10 2010, 10:28 PM cassioli quick and dirt anaglyph: Jul 10 2010, 09:42 PM nprev Sweet, Gordan!
So far, gotta say that Rose... Jul 10 2010, 09:44 PM peter59 Strange, It looks like shadows. The first is clear... Jul 10 2010, 10:11 PM ugordan Crud in in the optics, I'd say. Jul 10 2010, 10:14 PM machi Fantastic flyby! Evidently NAC camera worked f... Jul 10 2010, 10:24 PM alan QUOTE (machi @ Jul 10 2010, 05:24 PM) Som... Jul 10 2010, 11:55 PM DrShank QUOTE (machi @ Jul 10 2010, 05:24 PM) Fan... Jul 11 2010, 02:21 AM NickF Here's a quick composite showing Lutetia very ... Jul 10 2010, 11:13 PM nprev Nice, Nick! That's an excellent scale refe... Jul 10 2010, 11:17 PM Alan Stern QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 11 2010, 12:17 AM) Nic... Jul 10 2010, 11:41 PM NickF QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jul 11 2010, 12:41 AM... Jul 11 2010, 12:31 AM Alan Stern Thanks Nick- That shows just what I wanted!
A... Jul 11 2010, 12:53 AM Phil Stooke Triton? Are you sure you don't mean Pluto?
P... Jul 11 2010, 01:53 AM Alan Stern QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 11 2010, 02:53 A... Jul 11 2010, 02:56 AM Mirek Just for a joke. Sorry NickF
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