Hayabusa2 MINERVA-II-1 operation, 20-21 September 2018 |
Hayabusa2 MINERVA-II-1 operation, 20-21 September 2018 |
Sep 20 2018, 11:13 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1074 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Québec, Canada Member No.: 3908 |
Hayabusa 2 has started its descent towards Ryugu for Minerva deployment. Real time navigation images are posted here. One new image every half hour or so.
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Oct 1 2018, 08:43 AM
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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 |
QUOTE Hayabusa2 status (the week of 2018.09.24) This week, the MINERVA-II1 rovers that landed on the asteroid last week sent images from the asteroid surface. No regolith was seen in these images, only a shocking scenery of large and small boulders. On the other hand, the scenes of sunlight on the asteroid and the rover hopping were both very beautiful and dynamic. Next week is the deployment of the MASCOT lander. The decent operation is always a nervous time and we want to deliver the lander steadily and carefully. (Regolith: fine grain sediments). I didn't notice it at first, but the rover images show small pebbles and rocks, but little or no sand and dust |
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Oct 1 2018, 09:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 238 Joined: 15-January 13 Member No.: 6842 |
I didn't notice it at first, but the rover images show small pebbles and rocks, but little or no sand and dust I've also spotted that, looks very rubbly, like a comet's "rubble mantle". What happened to all the fine dust, maybe it fell in through the boulders and is somewhere below them? -------------------- Curiosity rover panoramas: http://www.facebook.com/CuriosityRoverPanoramas
My Photosynth panoramas: http://photosynth.net/userprofilepage.aspx...;content=Synths |
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