GRAIL: New DISCOVERY mission to the moon |
GRAIL: New DISCOVERY mission to the moon |
Dec 11 2007, 10:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 544 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
According to Space.com, the final selection has been made for the next DISCOVERY mission.
It will be the GRAIL lunar gravity mapping mission. Space.com article Edit: Just noticed that Norm Hartnett posted an official link earlier on the KAGUYA topic: NASA |
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Dec 14 2012, 01:09 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10227 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
And speaking of locations... on the posted graphic the longitude is given as 26.63 degrees East. Oops - it's West! Yes, west of the prime meridian. You could call it 333.37 E if you prefer. Maybe that wacky lunar gravity is playing with the trajectory.
(I just noticed Emily has it right in her blog - well done!) 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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Dec 14 2012, 03:53 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
On the other side of the quality scale from Emily's fantastic work we have this from The Grauniad: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/dec...issance-orbiter
Someone alert the Planetary Protection Officer! |
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Dec 14 2012, 02:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 5-May 05 From: Mississippi (USA) Member No.: 379 |
Someone alert the Planetary Protection Officer! I read the article and couldn't see any major problems. However, when I got to the bottom there was an announcement. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/dec...issance-orbiter "This article was amended on 14 December to amend the subheading, which originally said the probes would "splash down" on the moon. The photograph was also changed; the original showed Saturn's moon Enceladus." |
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