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Sep 27 2007, 12:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Oxford, UK (Glasgow by birth) Member No.: 101 |
Pushing out of Earth orbit now...........
-------------------- "There are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary code, and those who don't."
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Sep 8 2010, 11:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
Optical navigation images will be taken during the approach phase which begins in May 2011.
QUOTE The first optical navigation images will be acquired when Dawn is about 1.2 million kilometers (750 thousand miles) from Vesta... When these first optical navigation images are taken, distant Vesta will appear to be only about 5 pixels across. QUOTE By early June 2011, the images will surpass the best that can be obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope. http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_03_28_10.asp |
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