Dawn's first orbit, including RC3, March 6, 2015- June 15, 2015 |
Dawn's first orbit, including RC3, March 6, 2015- June 15, 2015 |
Mar 6 2015, 03:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 205 Joined: 14-April 06 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 745 |
Dawn is now officially in orbit around (1) Ceres!
Congratulations, NASA. Nice images of crescent Ceres. NASA Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf Planet |
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Mar 6 2015, 04:29 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I thought it was time for a new thread, now that Dawn's in its first orbit. We can look forward to a couple more op navs, on April 10 and 14, and then RC3 later in the month. Use the previous thread for up to Op Nav 5; let's use this thread for Op Navs 6 and 7 and RC3 and then we'll split again once Dawn reaches its first survey orbit.
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Mar 7 2015, 12:01 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 6-March 07 From: houston, texas Member No.: 1828 |
I thought it was time for a new thread, now that Dawn's in its first orbit. We can look forward to a couple more op navs, on April 10 and 14, and then RC3 later in the month. Use the previous thread for up to Op Nav 5; let's use this thread for Op Navs 6 and 7 and RC3 and then we'll split again once Dawn reaches its first survey orbit. thanks emily! i noticed in a prior thread that it said mapping starts in July. thats a bit of a misnomer as mapping starts in Survey Orbit in May (and one can count RC3 as a global map, at about 1.5 km resolution, which is comparable to much of Voyager at Saturn.) wows! -------------------- Dr. Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston TX
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