Iapetus Encounter In January |
Iapetus Encounter In January |
Nov 29 2004, 04:38 PM
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I heard about a peak on Iapetus that may be taller than Olympus Mons on Mars. I was wondering if the RADAR instrument will be used in the January encounter to verify this. What is the maximum distance the RADAR can be used?
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Dec 8 2004, 03:52 PM
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QUOTE (tedstryk @ Dec 8 2004, 02:55 PM) How close will Cassini come to Iapetus during Tb? After T-b near Cassini's apoapsis, near Dec 30th, Cassini will pass (I think) 100,000km from Iapetus - the closest to date by far. Someone in here said the flyby was originally planned to be closer - but due to uncertainties in Iapetus mass and concerns of Huygen's (in free flight at the time) trajectory being affected decided to increase the flyby distance. |
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