Lucy, Discovery Mission 13 - a grand tour of the Jupiter Trojans |
Lucy, Discovery Mission 13 - a grand tour of the Jupiter Trojans |
Jan 4 2017, 08:20 PM
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Obligatory new thread for the Lucy mission, now that it has been selected by NASA to launch as Discovery mission 13! Lucy will launch in 2021, and will perform a flyby of a main belt asteroid in 2025, before making flybys of at least six Jupiter trojans from 2027 to 2033. The mission, led by the Southwest Research Institute and Principal Investigator Harold F. Levison, will send a spacecraft carrying updated versions of New Horizons' LORRI and RALPH instruments.
Be sure to check out r/lucymission on reddit as well! EDIT: I have made a mistake. Could a kind mod please move this thread to the "Cometary and Asteroid Missions" subforum? ADMIN: Done. Note for the new members: Generally speaking, please consult a member of the admin/mod team before creating new topics. Not a hard rule, but it does help to keep the place tidy. Also, we encourage all members to review this welcome post for orientation purposes. Thanks! |
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Nov 28 2023, 01:26 AM
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Dinkinesh's satellite has been named Selam.
https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletins/V...ll_V003_016.pdf -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Nov 29 2023, 05:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
Lucy blog post announcing the satellite name, plus color and stereo views of Dinkinesh and Selam
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Nov 29 2023, 11:28 PM
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Lucy blog post announcing the satellite name, plus color and stereo views of Dinkinesh and Selam John It's great to see new pictures. But where are the unprocessed pictures? (or not so much processed?) And what does it mean: "the apparent distance between Selam and Dinkinesh has been artificially reduced"? Will we see pictures with the distance not „artificially reduced”? This seems a bit strange to me... |
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Nov 29 2023, 11:56 PM
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But where are the unprocessed pictures? (or not so much processed?) Per https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/planetdat...23/pdf/7073.pdf QUOTE An additional modification to the original Lucy archive delivery timeline was made when the main belt asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh was added as a flyby target. Instrument data for this encounter will be delivered to the PDS within 9 months after downlink completion... -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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