LAMO, aka Low Altitude Mapping Orbit |
LAMO, aka Low Altitude Mapping Orbit |
 Nov 11 2011, 10:23 PM
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I think is time to start this new topic, now that Dawn is more than half-way in the transition from HAMO to LAMO (as showed in the plot below).
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Dec 2 2011, 06:50 PM
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The Dawn Journal and Dr. Marc Rayman should get some sort of award for 'modern science literature'. It is always a fascinating read.
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Dec 3 2011, 06:10 AM
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I agree, PDP8E.
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Dec 3 2011, 07:22 PM
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After last burns, nominal LAMO height (200km above average radius) was just reached:
However, now orbit needs to become circular... -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Dec 4 2011, 09:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
No burns in last hours, orbits is now around 185x245km:
Curiously, most of last burns occurred around apoastron and this reduced periastrum distance only, increasing eccentricity... -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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dilo LAMO Nov 11 2011, 10:23 PM
ElkGroveDan Good thing we aren't calling it a "Low Ma... Nov 11 2011, 11:53 PM
dilo Another way to show the progress from HAMO to LAMO... Nov 14 2011, 04:08 PM dilo And finally, we are below 300km height... not far ... Nov 16 2011, 08:49 PM Phil Stooke Hopefully the daily image releases will resume sho... Nov 16 2011, 08:59 PM stevesliva QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Nov 16 2011, 04:59 P... Nov 16 2011, 09:54 PM Tunglere Images from Nov. 10-13 don't currently show up... Nov 16 2011, 11:47 PM Phil Stooke The latest four images were posted on the same day... Nov 17 2011, 04:15 PM dilo Updated situation, all plots:
Engines are now si... Nov 17 2011, 10:20 PM dilo Now that we have an improved simulator (better Ves... Nov 18 2011, 05:20 PM dilo New update after two long simulator black-outs:
B... Nov 23 2011, 08:41 PM dilo Further update:
Dawn is almost there! Nov 25 2011, 10:52 PM dilo Now short engine burns are frequent:
Nov 29 2011, 10:05 PM Phil Stooke "Dawn image EDR data will be publicly release... Nov 29 2011, 11:54 PM elakdawalla Time for us to lurk on the Small Bodies Node websi... Nov 30 2011, 02:34 AM Phil Stooke This link...
http://pds-smallbodies.astro.umd.edu... Nov 30 2011, 04:18 AM dilo QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Nov 30 2011, 04:18 A... Dec 1 2011, 07:02 AM SFJCody QUOTE (dilo @ Dec 1 2011, 05:02 PM) ...an... Dec 1 2011, 07:06 AM angel1801 I did a Solar System Simulator run for Vesta and I... Dec 1 2011, 12:03 PM Greg Hullender I think shifting the Vesta departure date would re... Dec 1 2011, 03:21 PM algorimancer QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Dec 1 2011, 09:21... Dec 1 2011, 03:49 PM Explorer1 Yeah, Dawn's launch was delayed three months, ... Dec 1 2011, 09:01 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Dec 1 2011, 01:01 PM) ... Dec 2 2011, 06:06 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Dec 2 2011, 10:06... Jan 1 2012, 09:51 PM stevesliva http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/vesta_dawn_gal... Dec 1 2011, 09:52 PM stevesliva New Dawn Journal:
QUOTE There is always a tug dow... Dec 2 2011, 12:47 AM machi Interesting news via Emily's twitter:
"R... Dec 6 2011, 05:53 PM stevesliva Several updates here:
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mul... Dec 8 2011, 06:08 AM claurel Now that Robert Gaskell's shape model of Vesta... Dec 9 2011, 07:38 PM claurel QUOTE (claurel @ Dec 9 2011, 11:38 AM) No... Dec 13 2011, 11:32 PM Sarunia Thank you, I was just preparing a conversion for c... Dec 13 2011, 11:58 PM ElkGroveDan Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Dec 9 2011, 07:51 PM Sarunia With the shape from Dr. Robert Gaskell (and provid... Dec 10 2011, 11:04 PM dilo Beautiful simulated views in this video, Sarunia... Dec 11 2011, 08:34 AM Sarunia Thanks, dilo.
For the bump projection, a tri-axia... Dec 11 2011, 07:20 PM Phil Stooke Nice! This can be turned into a shaded relief... Dec 11 2011, 02:55 AM Bill Harris And Nice! ^2, Phil. You can see a lot of his... Dec 11 2011, 07:23 AM scalbers Videos of numerous AGU talks on Vesta from this pa... Dec 11 2011, 04:47 PM dilo After long hiatus (related to safe mode event one ... Dec 11 2011, 05:45 PM stewjack QUOTE (scalbers @ Dec 11 2011, 12:47 PM) ... Dec 11 2011, 09:18 PM djellison Did my own conversion from the greyscale map into ... Dec 11 2011, 09:10 PM stevesliva First (?) image from near LAMO?
http://dawn.jpl.na... Dec 14 2011, 01:43 AM dilo QUOTE (stevesliva @ Dec 14 2011, 02:43 AM... Dec 14 2011, 06:17 AM stevesliva And now the image of the day is stalled again. Le... Dec 15 2011, 07:31 PM dilo QUOTE (stevesliva @ Dec 15 2011, 08:31 PM... Dec 15 2011, 07:56 PM stevesliva Doh. Thanks for pointing that out, it'll save... Dec 15 2011, 08:04 PM Jaheira Is it just me, or does that sharp, young crater in... Dec 20 2011, 12:55 AM Marz QUOTE (Jaheira @ Dec 19 2011, 06:55 PM) I... Dec 20 2011, 06:54 PM stevesliva Five LAMO images have appeared here:
http://dawn.j... Dec 21 2011, 06:05 PM volcanopele 14 more names have been approved for use on Vesta,... Dec 28 2011, 04:25 AM Holder of the Two Leashes Thanks Greg.
I'd be interested to know how fa... Jan 2 2012, 08:20 AM algorimancer Spacedaily has an article up today (http://www.spa... Jan 3 2012, 01:42 PM Greg Hullender New Dawn Journal: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission... Jan 5 2012, 03:42 PM stevesliva What a tease to link to the image of the day after... Jan 5 2012, 09:02 PM Phil Stooke No... they are here instead:
http://dawn.jpl.nasa... Jan 5 2012, 09:51 PM stevesliva I know there are some kicking around. Just hopin... Jan 5 2012, 10:01 PM pablogm1024 QUOTE (stevesliva @ Jan 5 2012, 11:01 PM)... Jan 6 2012, 02:49 PM pablogm1024 QUOTE (pablogm1024 @ Jan 6 2012, 03:49 PM... Jan 9 2012, 02:54 PM stevesliva http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imageo...p?dat... Jan 16 2012, 08:08 PM Marz Today's image is a nice 3-D anaglyph of impact... Jan 24 2012, 09:39 PM stevesliva Three releases on the multimedia page that would s... Jan 26 2012, 06:28 PM Marz QUOTE (stevesliva @ Jan 26 2012, 12:28 PM... Feb 14 2012, 10:14 PM Phil Stooke Some pretty clear flows on Vesta in the latest ima... Feb 5 2012, 03:49 AM ngunn Good question. I hope you get an answer from someo... Feb 14 2012, 11:07 PM Greg Hullender I see that we've got four more months at Vesta... Feb 16 2012, 02:12 AM Phil Stooke The short time at Ceres in the primary mission is ... Feb 16 2012, 02:58 AM scalbers Here's the released map with feature names put... Feb 26 2012, 06:00 PM stevesliva Two interesting image releases on Aricia Tholus la... Feb 29 2012, 12:08 AM john_s My impression, especially from those new images, i... Feb 29 2012, 03:42 AM Gsnorgathon But doesn't "tholus" just mean hill,... Feb 29 2012, 11:20 PM john_s That might be technically true, but "tholus... Mar 1 2012, 12:37 AM Gsnorgathon Umm... how about Lucaria Tholus? OK, yeah. That... Mar 1 2012, 02:23 AM pablogm1024 QUOTE (Gsnorgathon @ Mar 1 2012, 03:23 AM... Mar 2 2012, 10:10 AM Phil Stooke "tholus" on other bodies has typically b... Mar 2 2012, 02:25 PM Astro0 40 extra days at Vesta!
http://www.jpl.nasa.g... Apr 19 2012, 05:05 AM Phil Stooke Yes, and they have now released over 200 pictures ... Apr 19 2012, 12:03 PM charborob In LAMO, Dawn seems to be taking only nadir-pointi... Apr 19 2012, 12:14 PM Phil Stooke LAMO is all about the composition-mapping instrume... Apr 19 2012, 05:03 PM pablogm1024 QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Apr 19 2012, 05:03 P... Apr 21 2012, 03:16 PM Juramike A really nice "uber"-image release today... Apr 25 2012, 06:59 PM Hungry4info NASA to Hold News Conference on Asteroid Mission R... May 7 2012, 07:58 PM Mariner9 I suspect that the news conference is timed to coi... May 8 2012, 05:11 PM Holder of the Two Leashes News conference set to start in one hour twenty mi... May 10 2012, 04:42 PM Floyd About to start, 98+ viewers May 10 2012, 05:58 PM Explorer1 Starting now... May 10 2012, 06:00 PM Paolo meanwhile, papers have appeared in Science http://... May 10 2012, 06:05 PM dilo Interesting conference, though I see less than a d... May 10 2012, 06:56 PM DrShank QUOTE (dilo @ May 10 2012, 12:56 PM) Inte... May 10 2012, 07:26 PM elakdawalla QUOTE (dilo @ May 10 2012, 11:56 AM) Inte... May 11 2012, 03:40 PM ElkGroveDan Can we go now? I want to see Ceres. May 10 2012, 06:31 PM DrShank QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 10 2012, 12:31 P... May 10 2012, 06:51 PM Paolo QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 10 2012, 08:31 P... May 11 2012, 07:05 AM centsworth_II It is interesting to know the correct Latin pronun... May 11 2012, 12:44 PM Holder of the Two Leashes So, I guess I'll go ahead and hang on to my li... May 10 2012, 06:44 PM charborob FWIW, in French, we write "Cérès" and pr... May 11 2012, 01:35 PM Phil Stooke Dawn isn't in LAMO now, it's moved back up... Jul 24 2012, 01:25 AM |
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