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 16 2012, 12:01 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 don't want to belittle the CE-2 achievement, but I have a question for the scientific data minded: beside basic shape and topography, what can be extracted from this kind of webcam-like, probably uncalibrated images? not much I suspect.
as for another extended mission, I think even merely tracking the probe as long as possible, without firing the engine anymore would provide useful experience for future missions beyond the Moon |
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Dec 17 2012, 02:05 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 11-March 10 From: Houston, Texas, USA Member No.: 5259 |
as for another extended mission, I think even merely tracking the probe as long as possible, without firing the engine anymore would provide useful experience for future missions beyond the Moon Tracking to determine the exact course change from the close fly-by will give superb data on asteroid mass. With images that show volume, you get real density data. Accidental or not, the very close fly-by itself is a major scientific experiment. |
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