ESA Rosetta, news, updates and discussion |
ESA Rosetta, news, updates and discussion |
 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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Feb 6 2007, 02:39 AM
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 Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
The part that I find really odd is that "Imperial" measures are fundamentally defined by calling on metric SI base units e.g. the international avoirdupois pound is defined officially as being equal to exactly 453.59237 SI grams. This opens up a whole other argument about pounds being units of force and not mass but I really don't think we should go there again.
In any case surely shouldn't the Pound be defined as equal to the weight of one of George Washington's boots or something? |
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Feb 6 2007, 04:22 AM
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QUOTE (helvick @ Feb 5 2007, 08:39 PM)  In any case surely shouldn't the Pound be defined as equal to the weight of one of George Washington's boots or something? Actually, the yard used to be the distance between a liege lord's nose and the tip of his finger on an outstretched arm. No matter that a particular lord's lands had a different length for the yard than anyone else -- it placed his stamp on everything built during his reign. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Feb 8 2007, 05:54 PM
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-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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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 ljk4-1 ROSETTA STATUS REPORT
Report for Period 9 Decembe... Jan 11 2006, 07:38 PM 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 Bob Shaw QUOTE (ugordan @ Mar 18 2006, 05:46 PM) I... Mar 18 2006, 05:49 PM 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 BruceMoomaw They definitely intend to use the MIRO microwave s... Mar 19 2006, 01:14 AM 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 Rakhir A busy period for Rosetta :
- Honda comet tail obs... Nov 21 2006, 07:57 AM tedstryk QUOTE (Rakhir @ Nov 21 2006, 07:57 AM) A ... Nov 21 2006, 12:26 PM elakdawalla QUOTE (Rakhir @ Nov 20 2006, 11:57 PM) - ... Nov 21 2006, 05:32 PM IM4 >Lutetia observation in January (At very far di... Nov 21 2006, 07:10 PM 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 Holder of the Two Leashes Does anyone know whether it will be possible to do... Nov 22 2006, 05:57 AM edstrick a 3000 km flyby is pretty useless for any asteroid... Nov 22 2006, 11:43 AM mchan Around 100 km. So it's borderline. Nov 22 2006, 11:46 AM ugordan Well, Galileo flybys of Gaspra and Ida were around... Nov 22 2006, 01:21 PM Rakhir Rosetta warms up for Mars swing-by
http://www.esa.... Nov 29 2006, 09:47 PM mchan The ESA Rosetta website has a list of the various ... Nov 30 2006, 04:45 AM AlexBlackwell For those interested in this kind of thing, a spec... Nov 30 2006, 08:07 PM IM4 QUOTE (mchan @ Nov 30 2006, 04:45 AM) The... Dec 5 2006, 07:04 PM ugordan QUOTE (IM4 @ Dec 5 2006, 08:04 PM) magnif... Dec 5 2006, 07:10 PM ustrax QUOTE (IM4 @ Dec 5 2006, 07:04 PM) Anothe... Jan 26 2007, 05:42 PM stevesliva I saw a passing mention of Phobos and Deimos obser... Dec 1 2006, 05:06 AM ustrax QUOTE (stevesliva @ Dec 1 2006, 05:06 AM)... Dec 1 2006, 04:55 PM GravityWaves QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 1 2006, 01:55 PM) Her... Feb 19 2007, 02:09 PM mchan IM4,
Thanks for the doc. Dec 6 2006, 07:26 AM Rakhir Lutetia asteroid in Rosetta’s spotlight
An animat... Jan 26 2007, 03:19 PM elakdawalla I can't get RealPlayer or Windows Media Player... Jan 26 2007, 05:18 PM nprev I can't get it to work, either, Emily; must be... Jan 26 2007, 05:35 PM ustrax Emily,
you have to download the DivX viewer in or... Jan 26 2007, 05:37 PM AlexBlackwell Ongoing Preparations for Mars Swing-by
29 Jan 2007... Jan 29 2007, 08:51 PM yaohua2000 Rosetta will be soon exactly 10,000,000 miles away... Feb 3 2007, 04:23 PM ugordan So, what is a more significant figure: 10,000,000 ... Feb 3 2007, 04:35 PM djellison What's a mile?
(well - it's a European sp... Feb 3 2007, 04:36 PM NMRguy QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 3 2007, 05:36 PM) ... Feb 3 2007, 06:23 PM ugordan A mile is in the eye of the beholder
Statute, na... Feb 3 2007, 04:41 PM nprev I'm all for the metric system. If I could conv... Feb 3 2007, 04:51 PM centsworth_II The great thing about using a variety of units: mi... Feb 3 2007, 04:57 PM djellison If the UK would switch to KM, I'd be very happ... Feb 3 2007, 06:27 PM tedstryk I'll admit, I am a stick in the mud when it co... Feb 4 2007, 11:05 PM ngunn QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 3 2007, 06:27 PM) ... Feb 5 2007, 09:17 AM dilo Ted, why to complicate your life using Km in space... Feb 5 2007, 07:30 AM djellison Wouldn't you rather have a litre
Doug Feb 5 2007, 09:42 AM tedstryk QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 5 2007, 09:42 AM) ... Feb 5 2007, 10:50 AM ugordan QUOTE (tedstryk @ Feb 5 2007, 11:50 AM) W... Feb 5 2007, 11:15 AM ngunn Even that's not strictly SI. I'll have a c... Feb 5 2007, 10:00 AM djellison I'm reminded of a rather foul song I co-wrote ... Feb 5 2007, 10:49 AM djellison Basically, in the 1970s, there was an abortive att... Feb 5 2007, 11:52 AM dvandorn As an American, I never got to see these "in ... Feb 5 2007, 03:29 PM tty I can't understand why people would want to go... Feb 5 2007, 07:22 PM Greg Hullender Don't forget troy ounces. That's what mak... Feb 5 2007, 10:51 PM nprev Well, one of my latest classes is a crash physics ... Feb 6 2007, 02:47 AM climber Isn't it ironic that all this "discution... Feb 10 2007, 10:27 AM Greg Hullender I think it's because the switch to the metric ... Feb 12 2007, 02:44 AM AlexBlackwell Rosetta correctly lined up for critical Mars swing... Feb 15 2007, 05:34 PM djellison Minerva wasn't much of a scientist - camera, t... Feb 19 2007, 02:20 PM edstrick "Philae - however..."
The entire Rosett... Feb 20 2007, 09:44 AM mchan Indeed. I think of it as CRAF+. Kudos to ESA for... Feb 20 2007, 11:10 AM Analyst Correct. This is a flagship. It will give us much ... Feb 20 2007, 01:56 PM djellison But of course, one LV failure with 8 discovery mis... Feb 20 2007, 02:45 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 20 2007, 09:45 AM)... Feb 20 2007, 03:23 PM ngunn I've been thinking about this issue in relatio... Feb 20 2007, 03:02 PM Analyst All this considered, I stand by my opinion. Maybe ... Feb 20 2007, 03:29 PM tedstryk QUOTE (Analyst @ Feb 20 2007, 03:29 PM) A... Feb 21 2007, 08:49 PM elakdawalla I just thought I'd point out something I menti... Feb 21 2007, 09:14 PM ngunn I noticed that in your blog and was duly delighted... Feb 21 2007, 09:51 PM SFJCody Is a long extended mission a possibility for Roset... Mar 12 2007, 05:35 PM ustrax OSIRIS update. Mar 13 2007, 10:20 AM tedstryk Did he say anything about the trajectory for the u... Mar 13 2007, 10:45 AM Stu Thanks ustrax... look at the last paragraph... ... Mar 13 2007, 10:23 AM |
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