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 30 2004, 12:54 AM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
From the Cassini website?
_____________________ Target: Iapetus - December 29, 2004 Next up for Cassini is a flyby of Saturn's icy moon Iapetus on Dec. 31. Iapetus is Saturn's two-faced moon -- one side is very bright, and the other is very dark. The spacecraft will pass about 65,600 kilometers (40,800 miles) of the frigid moon. ___________________ Has this not been updated to reflect the change in trajectory or has there been some other development that I have somehow missed? -------------------- |
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