HAMO, (aka High Altitude Mapping Orbit) |
HAMO, (aka High Altitude Mapping Orbit) |
Sep 1 2011, 01:12 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10256 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
According to Dawn (who ought to know) the descent to the next mapping orbit is beginning now.
"NASA_Dawn NASA's Dawn Mission I'm done with Survey science operations today!! Time for a several-week transfer down to High Altitude Mapping Orbit (HAMO)!! 20 hours ago" Better pics on the way! Thanks, Dawn team, for the pictures so far. Will we learn of any preliminary nomenclature soon? Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PDF: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Oct 3 2011, 11:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
The big thing to me was Dr. Russell's mention of an appreciable iron core, detected though the denity and j2 measurements. So we have a differentiated body. What a shame they lost the magnetometer to budget. Dr. Russell even mentioned that when a questioner asked what other instruments he would have liked included. Craig |
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Oct 4 2011, 08:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Update with zoomed scale on last 3 weeks:
Height in the last days has been oscillating between 664 and 701 km above nominal 265 km radius. -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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