T73 Flyby |
T73 Flyby |
Oct 28 2010, 01:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Titan weather studies feature large in plans for the November encounter. From the latest 'looking ahead':
Outbound, VIMS will control pointing, mapping Titan's surface and cloud features. ISS will take images during this flyby by riding along with other instruments' observations, so no large mosaics are planned. The ride-along images should be useful for cloud monitoring, and if present, the clouds' motions and development can be tracked. The area will have been covered by the October 29 distant observation for comparison. Follow-up observations on November 13 and 14 will allow researchers to track clouds in the two days following the encounter. These will also cover the area that was under the arrow storm a month and a half earlier. An important goal will be to detect signs of surface changes that resulted from flooding caused by the storm's torrential rains. |
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Oct 31 2010, 09:28 PM
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Titan weather studies feature large in plans for the November encounter. From the latest 'looking ahead': N00164728.jpg was taken on October 29, 2010 from 1,845,747 kilometers away using the CL1 and CB3 filters. Scattered clouds appear over Belet and in both South and North circum polar areas. Orignal raw enhanced to sharpen clouds and SSS and Celestia used to provide location. |
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