CE-2 flyby of Toutatis |
CE-2 flyby of Toutatis |
Aug 25 2012, 04:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
I thought it was time to split the subject from the Moon forum.
Admins, can you move the relevant messages here? anyway, just out: an interesting blog article by Bill Gray explaining how he recovered the probe and how he computed the orbit yielding the 13 December flyby date Chang'e 2: The Full Story |
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Dec 14 2012, 11:30 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 15-June 12 From: Hong Kong Member No.: 6419 |
Just in from the Chinese news TV reports an hour ago: the fly-by was a success! The closest fly-by was at 08:30:09 UTC on December 13 at an altitude of just 3.2 km and at a relative velocity of 10.73 km/s. Quite a few photos were snapped by the CCD camera - including this series of photos taken 93 - 240 km away from Toutatis:
Chinese news report about the fly-by (may translate it later if I have time): http://news.cntv.cn/china/20121215/100850.shtml P.S. My first post here! (my interest in planetary exploration started in grade 1 after seeing photos from the twin Voyagers) -------------------- UMSF - the place of Opportunity to satisfy your Spirit of Curiosity via Perseverance
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Dec 14 2012, 11:35 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Woah! That is better than I was expecting. Welcome to the interplanetary club, China!
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