Planetary scientist says: Focus on Europa |
Planetary scientist says: Focus on Europa |
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Feb 12 2007, 11:26 PM
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Planetary scientist says: Focus on Europa
By Tony Fitzpatrick Washington University in St. Louis News & Information February 7, 2007 |
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Jun 11 2007, 04:32 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 29-December 05 Member No.: 623 |
Speaking of Io from Europa, I haven't seen much USF discussion of the Flagship study preliminary reports to OPAG last month. Europa's is on line at:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/may_07_meetin...gship_study.pdf A careful read shows that 1 m/pixel imaging is advocated with a Narrow-Angle Camera. This would achieve up to 2.5 km/pixel imaging of Io from near Europa orbit. Excellent monitoring is possible indeed, during the 1.5-2.5 years in Jupiter orbit prior to entering Europa orbit. (It's not clear whether the camera would/could be turned to Io during the 90+ day Europa "prime science" orbital mission itself, and the many months to >1 year "extended mapping" phase at Europa which the presentation advocates.) -vg |
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Jun 11 2007, 08:21 AM
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It's not clear whether the camera would/could be turned to Io during the 90+ day Europa "prime science" orbital mission itself, and the many months to >1 year "extended mapping" phase at Europa which the presentation advocates. VP may even lend his voice of support to the Europa orbiter mission if this were true. |
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Jun 15 2007, 06:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 270 Joined: 29-December 04 From: NLA0: Member No.: 133 |
VP may even lend his voice of support to the Europa orbiter mission if this were true. According to VP the Europa orbiter should be refered to as "Io Precursor Mission" -------------------- PDP, VAX and Alpha fanatic ; HP-Compaq is the Satan! ; Let us pray daily while facing Maynard! ; Life starts at 150 km/h ;
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