Stardust-NExT, Revisiting Tempel 1 |
Stardust-NExT, Revisiting Tempel 1 |
 Dec 28 2010, 01:46 PM
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I thought it was time to start a new thread on Stardust's flyby of Tempel 1, the first time a comet receives a second visit from a spacecraft one perihelion later.
There was an interesting story about this on Spaceflight now recently http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1012/23stardustnext/ note that the flyby will be around 23.30 eastern time on 14 February, so thinking in GMT it will not happen on Valentine's day. Stardust should have started imaging Tempel 1 twice weekly in mid-December, but there is nothing yet on the mission site http://stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html see also http://stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/m...tatus10_q4.html for updates on the mission status |
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Dec 28 2010, 05:34 PM
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Right, it's more the size of an outhouse. That doesn't seem an appropriate unit of size either though...
I'm really glad they are able to start doing more intricate extended missions like this and Deep Impact. 2011 appears to possibly be the most productuctive year for astronomy in some time. Should be quite exciting. -------------------- |
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Paolo Stardust-NExT Dec 28 2010, 01:46 PM
ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Paolo @ Dec 28 2010, 05:46 AM) Sta... Dec 28 2010, 01:56 PM
centsworth_II QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Dec 28 2010, 08:56 A... Dec 28 2010, 05:24 PM Stu Hmmm. Now, is that an office desk in its naked, un... Dec 28 2010, 02:52 PM djellison It's not that small really - http://stardustne... Dec 28 2010, 04:09 PM elakdawalla I think that the Web outreach for this encounter i... Dec 29 2010, 06:16 PM JohnVV QUOTE Now, is that an office desk in its naked, un... Dec 29 2010, 11:56 PM ups I hope this thing is bigger than my office desk or... Dec 30 2010, 12:00 AM djellison The spacecraft bus is basically 6ft x 2ft x 2ft - ... Dec 30 2010, 12:41 AM nprev Surely some imagemage will shortly produce a faux ... Dec 30 2010, 12:50 AM elakdawalla In the hopes of dragging this thread back to some ... Dec 30 2010, 01:13 AM tedstryk Ugh. Dec 30 2010, 01:24 AM nprev On the plus side this sounds like a well-understoo... Dec 30 2010, 01:32 AM stevesliva QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 29 2010, 08:32 PM) On ... Dec 30 2010, 03:30 AM volcanopele Quick question: is the rotation of Temple 1 unders... Dec 30 2010, 02:58 AM Decepticon QUOTE (volcanopele @ Dec 29 2010, 09:58 P... Dec 30 2010, 03:04 AM djellison Actually - I would urge caution on the crater obse... Dec 30 2010, 03:46 AM JohnVV QUOTE somewhat worrying mission status update
?? i... Dec 30 2010, 05:35 AM stevesliva QUOTE (JohnVV @ Dec 30 2010, 12:35 AM) so... Dec 30 2010, 05:50 AM Phil Stooke "It's a small team and everybody who... Jan 3 2011, 05:38 AM Astro0 That's where UMSF comes in...
Hey, anything we... Jan 3 2011, 10:00 AM Paolo a new status update. stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov/mis... Jan 7 2011, 12:49 PM CJSF QUOTE (Paolo @ Jan 7 2011, 07:49 AM) a ne... Jan 7 2011, 04:45 PM stevesliva No updates for awhile, but this RSS feed may point... Jan 19 2011, 10:53 PM Paolo a new status update http://stardustnext.jpl.nasa.g... Jan 22 2011, 08:42 AM elakdawalla Thanks for keeping an eye on that site, Paolo! Jan 22 2011, 10:14 PM Hungry4info Stardust has located Tempel 1.
http://www.jpl.nasa... Jan 27 2011, 02:39 PM ZLD Heres a slightly cleaned up version:
You can jus... Jan 27 2011, 08:49 PM djellison That's just the coma - not the nucleus itself.... Jan 27 2011, 09:19 PM ngunn Hey Doug - good to see factual contributions on ma... Jan 27 2011, 11:01 PM djellison Probably my busiest day on lab yet I find myself... Jan 28 2011, 02:12 AM stevesliva http://stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/m...tatus... Feb 3 2011, 12:31 AM Explorer1 They said they were running low even before the ma... Feb 3 2011, 01:46 AM djellison The estimates of how much they had / needed includ... Feb 3 2011, 02:31 AM Explorer1 I realize that. I should've made that more cle... Feb 3 2011, 03:12 AM stevesliva QUOTE February 3, 2011
The spacecraft is healthy a... Feb 4 2011, 11:48 PM Gsnorgathon NASA Hosting Events for Valentine's Night Come... Feb 10 2011, 12:04 AM Hungry4info The comet's rotation isn't known well enou... Feb 10 2011, 12:11 AM djellison They have made a simulated light curve based on DI... Feb 10 2011, 04:07 AM Phil Stooke Something to think about - this is a panel from my... Feb 10 2011, 10:32 PM MahFL Stardust NExT 'Live' module is up and runn... Feb 11 2011, 11:25 AM dilo Great maps, Phil... for sure you will soon update ... Feb 11 2011, 06:18 PM ElkGroveDan closer....... Feb 14 2011, 05:17 AM Astro0 Don't forget to login to the Eyes on the Solar... Feb 14 2011, 06:03 AM djellison I've heard that someone might be demoing it li... Feb 14 2011, 06:13 AM ElkGroveDan Don't have any chocolate the night before. Ne... Feb 14 2011, 06:43 AM MahFL What time does the NASA tv coverage start ? Feb 14 2011, 12:10 PM Astro0 Of course "what time?" depends on where ... Feb 14 2011, 12:18 PM MahFL I know, just being lazy, also I don't actually... Feb 14 2011, 12:27 PM stevesliva I don't know if these updates all came in at o... Feb 14 2011, 05:52 PM CosmicRocker QUOTE (Astro0 @ Feb 14 2011, 12:03 AM) Do... Feb 14 2011, 06:37 PM stevesliva So there was just a large solar flare. Did that s... Feb 14 2011, 09:02 PM brellis I have EoSS on and Norton telemetry says it's ... Feb 14 2011, 09:57 PM djellison You'll want to re-start EotSS later ( about 8.... Feb 14 2011, 10:12 PM ElkGroveDan I used EotSS this weekend to wash my car and it di... Feb 14 2011, 11:56 PM JohnVV my only gripe it
the site is MS only
i could bo... Feb 15 2011, 12:41 AM djellison QUOTE (JohnVV @ Feb 14 2011, 04:41 PM) my... Feb 15 2011, 08:08 AM Ron Hobbs When I try to go to the site, all I get is hash (b... Feb 15 2011, 12:54 AM djellison That sometimes happens before your GFX card has fi... Feb 15 2011, 01:31 AM nprev EoTSS running sweet here on Win7...nice view!
... Feb 15 2011, 01:55 AM ElkGroveDan While we are waiting for our Glorious Leader to ta... Feb 15 2011, 03:57 AM MahFL Watching. Feb 15 2011, 04:32 AM Explorer1 Broadcast started now on NASAtv. Feb 15 2011, 04:33 AM ZLD Its not PBS or the BBC, but it also receives a rea... Feb 15 2011, 04:35 AM Explorer1 Dust Flux instrument is on! Feb 15 2011, 04:38 AM CosmicRocker EotSS demo coming up soon! Feb 15 2011, 04:43 AM Explorer1 There's Doug! Feb 15 2011, 04:45 AM nprev Well done, Doug! Feb 15 2011, 04:48 AM Explorer1 Closest approach done! (my heart jumped when t... Feb 15 2011, 04:59 AM ZLD This is really a fantastic tool. Curious, is the ... Feb 15 2011, 05:01 AM ElkGroveDan The orbit of the comet is actually very well under... Feb 15 2011, 05:05 AM volcanopele QUOTE (ZLD @ Feb 14 2011, 10:01 PM) This ... Feb 15 2011, 05:44 AM Explorer1 More dust after CA than before; interesting. Feb 15 2011, 05:10 AM Hungry4info Not at all surprising, imho. Outbound, the spacecr... Feb 15 2011, 05:15 AM Astro0 Doug was pretty awesome.
This was his view http://... Feb 15 2011, 05:29 AM belleraphon1 Nicely done Doug!
Fun to watch simulation on ... Feb 15 2011, 05:45 AM Explorer1 3 Ice Tea bottles of fuel, haha! I was wonderi... Feb 15 2011, 05:48 AM Astro0 Hey, it's the boss!
Feb 15 2011, 05:56 AM CosmicRocker Yeah, demo II was terrific. Now, I know how to dr... Feb 15 2011, 06:11 AM Astro0 Canberra DSN did a great job today. Two antennas o... Feb 15 2011, 06:17 AM dilo Stardust seems very low on the horizon, indeed... Feb 15 2011, 06:28 AM Astro0 Yep, we've been tracking all day, so a full ho... Feb 15 2011, 06:33 AM elakdawalla Astro0, we don't say it enough: many many than... Feb 15 2011, 07:07 AM ZLD In relation to my question, I wasn't curious i... Feb 15 2011, 07:51 AM brellis Mr. Ellison, that was a great presentation! Feb 15 2011, 07:59 AM djellison We have a predicted trajectory for both spacecraft... Feb 15 2011, 08:02 AM Sunspot Whats going on? lots of people around monitors....... Feb 15 2011, 08:52 AM Gsnorgathon First images! Tiny ones, so far. ~2,500km away... Feb 15 2011, 09:15 AM Explorer1 First taken, rather then 'planned five'.
U... Feb 15 2011, 09:19 AM Gsnorgathon They're saying ~6hr wait to get the closest ap... Feb 15 2011, 09:22 AM Hungry4info Apparently, they intended to download the closest ... Feb 15 2011, 09:19 AM Astro0 First image. 20 x zoom
Better:
Feb 15 2011, 09:20 AM Explorer1 2 up at : http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/stardust/
... Feb 15 2011, 09:23 AM ugordan QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Feb 15 2011, 10:23 AM)... Feb 15 2011, 09:44 AM Astro0 EDIT: Revised animation sequence - first 6 images ... Feb 15 2011, 09:55 AM ugordan 6th image is down. Also blurry.
Tick... tock... Feb 15 2011, 10:01 AM jasedm Hmmm tantalising, but still too early to say wheth... Feb 15 2011, 10:02 AM Toma B In image "n30007te01" 2 circular formati... Feb 15 2011, 10:20 AM ugordan I don't know, the sharpened images Astro0 post... Feb 15 2011, 10:24 AM |
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