Juno Perijove 58, February 3, 2024 |
Juno Perijove 58, February 3, 2024 |
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(Started a new thread to avoid cluttering up the PJ57 thread with PJ58 discussion.)
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17:49:30 still has Masubi in the FOV but it is much closer to the limb. Still a better view than 17:50:00. and it has the benefit of having a higher resolution view of East Kanehekili (second highest priority "new volcano" target IMHO at Io from JIRAM data after Tonatiuh) that at least with the current predicts we would miss at 17:49. We would lose the best full-color dayside opportunity.... but there would still be two opportunities. I still think that 17:50 is preferable to 17:49:30 as we get full-disk color at highest resolution (given current predicts of the rotation).
Looking at 17:48:30, so looking at the worst case scenario I am not actually suggesting starting that early, Io is still in the JunoCam FOV. We lose Masubi as it isn't quite in the FOV yet, but Shamshu and Janus would be there, Janus would be a bit more marginal there. My point is that even in the worst-case scenario for the rotation phase, 17:49 would still be useful for gap filling. For added context, during IVO planning we had an entire flyby just to get this coverage. For context, Janus is a lava lake much like Pele. In the IR, Janus looks almost identical to Pele, but has fewer volatiles (IOW, there's no giant red ring around it) -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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