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paxdan
post Apr 15 2005, 08:20 AM
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Well Rosetta isn't going to get to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Chury) till 2014, but it's not to early to set up a thread. There are a bunch of earth fly-bys, a Mars encounter at 200km in 2007 and a few asteriod passes. Not to mention the mission to land on the comet itself.

Only another nine and a half years to go.
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Rakhir
post Nov 29 2006, 09:47 PM
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Rosetta warms up for Mars swing-by
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMNJ8D4VUE_index_0.html

Instruments from both Rosetta orbiter and Philae lander will be used during the observation campaign.
The purpose of the 36-hour observation campaign of 21-Lutetia is to understand the rotation direction of the asteroid.

Rosetta will be able to observe Mars from about 20 hours before it makes its closest approach to about a few weeks after.
Rosetta instruments will be switched off around the eclipse period. However, Philae lander will still be operating and taking measurements during the eclipse as the lander has its own independent power system.
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post Nov 30 2006, 04:45 AM
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The ESA Rosetta website has a list of the various planetary and asteroid flyby's and their dates, but I did not find a graphic / plot of the trajectory. Is there a figure of the trajectory on ESA (or another public) website that shows the flyby's similar to the figure on the Messenger website for the Messenger mission --

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/trajectory.html
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post Dec 5 2006, 07:04 PM
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QUOTE (mchan @ Nov 30 2006, 04:45 AM) *
The ESA Rosetta website has a list of the various planetary and asteroid flyby's and their dates, but I did not find a graphic / plot of the trajectory. Is there a figure of the trajectory on ESA (or another public) website that shows the flyby's similar to the figure on the Messenger website for the Messenger mission --
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/trajectory.html


I recommend you download this file (3 Mb). It is mostly about planned plasma science but also contains a pair of schematic graphics like those I’ve attached to the message. On the image you can see Mars, orbits of Phobos (red), Deimos (green), estimated orbits of Mars Express (black), MGS (cyan), Mars Odyssey (yellow) and of course Rosetta trajectory (blue) - the spacecraft will approach Mars from the dayside (from the right) and make a swingby on the opposite side of Mars. There are also several useful figures and groundtrack in the file, so I can derive approximate timeline and summarize it as follows :

24 Feb. 2007 07.48 UT – flyby phase begins
25 Feb. 2007 01.00 UT – close approach to Mars begins
- 01.30-01.43 UT - Rosetta flies over Arabia Terra (h>3000 km)
- 01.45-01.50 UT – Rosetta crosses Chryse Planitia (2000>h>500 km)
- 01.55 UT – closest approach over Tempe Terra ~ 300E, 45N (h=250 km)
- 01.56 UT – Rosetta enters Mars shadow
- 02.05 UT – Rosetta flies over Olympus Mons (h=3000 km)
- 02.20 UT – Rosetta leaves Mars shadow (h=10000 km)
25 Feb. 2007 20.03 UT – flyby phase ends

It’s a real pity that significant part of the closest flyby happens in the nightside. Visual imaging will be possible only at greater distance and with moderate resolution, but I still hope that VIRTIS’s IR –cam can capture magnificent photo of martian plains [fixed:)] and mountains throughout the entire flyby. Another instruments are also expected to obtain interesting results.
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post Jan 26 2007, 05:42 PM
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QUOTE (IM4 @ Dec 5 2006, 07:04 PM) *
Another instruments are also expected to obtain interesting results.


One of the things I'm expecting with greater curiosity is the use of instruments from the Philae lander on Mars observations, it could give us some hints on what it could retrieve from the surface of the comet... smile.gif


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- paxdan   ESA Rosetta   Apr 15 2005, 08:20 AM
- - spaceffm   Wow, i did not know that there will be a Mars Flyb...   Apr 15 2005, 08:02 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (spaceffm @ Apr 15 2005, 03:02 PM)Wow, ...   Apr 16 2005, 02:09 AM
- - Sunspot   Also, I believe they will be observing Comet Tempe...   Apr 15 2005, 11:16 PM
- - paxdan   Here is a nice self-portrait of the back of one of...   Apr 17 2005, 09:43 AM
|- - cIclops   QUOTE (paxdan @ Apr 17 2005, 09:43 AM)Here is...   Apr 21 2005, 05:40 PM
- - DEChengst   For those that understand German this site has lot...   Apr 17 2005, 01:18 PM
- - Decepticon   A few asteroid passes! Great news. Wonder whi...   Apr 20 2005, 02:39 AM
|- - paxdan   QUOTE (Decepticon @ Apr 20 2005, 03:39 AM)A f...   Apr 22 2005, 12:12 AM
|- - imran   And I thought the seven years that Cassini took to...   Apr 22 2005, 04:20 PM
- - paxdan   During the first earth flyby by Rosetta which took...   Apr 21 2005, 08:41 AM
- - Sunspot   http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Rosetta/SEMT4V2IU7E_0....   May 3 2005, 10:22 PM
- - Decepticon   A repeat of above data from TPS. http://planetary...   May 6 2005, 02:42 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Good news on the problem with the sticky thermal d...   Jun 22 2005, 08:05 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Postscript: they do plan to use the OSIRIS cameras...   Jun 22 2005, 08:06 PM
- - djellison   Bruce - would you classify ESA's press efforts...   Jun 22 2005, 10:19 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   I don't know if "obstructive" is the...   Jun 22 2005, 10:34 PM
- - djellison   I swear I saw some fantastic nebulae observations ...   Jun 22 2005, 10:47 PM
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- - SigurRosFan   http://fr.arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602631 - First a...   Mar 1 2006, 11:20 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   Thre's some speculation that Steins may be one...   Mar 1 2006, 11:50 PM
- - edstrick   The unusually high albedo measured with both polar...   Mar 2 2006, 08:56 AM
|- - ugordan   What exactly will the closest approach distance to...   Mar 2 2006, 09:35 AM
|- - paxdan   QUOTE (ugordan @ Mar 2 2006, 09:35 AM) Wh...   Mar 2 2006, 10:09 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   And earlier still: February 2007 - Rosetta Mars f...   Mar 18 2006, 05:37 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Mar 18 2006, 06:37 PM) ...   Mar 18 2006, 05:46 PM
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|- - GravityWaves   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Mar 18 2006, 02:37 PM) ...   Mar 25 2006, 05:47 PM
|- - Rakhir   QUOTE (GravityWaves @ Mar 25 2006, 06:47 ...   Mar 25 2006, 09:39 PM
|- - ljk4-1   Astrophysics, abstract astro-ph/0603720 From: Jes...   Mar 28 2006, 06:03 PM
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- - JTN   Since I've just done the sums, I thought I...   Mar 22 2006, 05:16 PM
|- - ljk4-1   Astrophysics, abstract astro-ph/0603585 From: S. ...   Mar 22 2006, 08:31 PM
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|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (Rakhir @ Nov 20 2006, 11:57 PM) - ...   Nov 21 2006, 05:32 PM
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|- - Rakhir   QUOTE (IM4 @ Nov 21 2006, 10:10 PM) Quite...   Nov 21 2006, 09:24 PM
|- - mchan   QUOTE (Rakhir @ Nov 21 2006, 01:24 PM) Ro...   Nov 22 2006, 04:15 AM
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|- - IM4   QUOTE (mchan @ Nov 30 2006, 04:45 AM) The...   Dec 5 2006, 07:04 PM
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|- - ustrax   QUOTE (IM4 @ Dec 5 2006, 07:04 PM) Anothe...   Jan 26 2007, 05:42 PM
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|- - ugordan   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Feb 5 2007, 11:50 AM) W...   Feb 5 2007, 11:15 AM
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|- - ustrax   Precious...Just precious... "For detailed ...   Feb 8 2007, 05:54 PM
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