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Feb 17 2008, 09:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 26-September 05 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 507 |
i am wondering the nature of these phobos and deimos releases
are these just additional images they captured last year but we just hadnt seen them until they released the full sets of data?
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Feb 18 2008, 01:01 AM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
They were, for the most part, not in official releases, but were in the raw data release. Much of this has been available via ESA's PSA for a long time.
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Feb 18 2008, 01:52 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 26-September 05 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 507 |
They were, for the most part, not in official releases, but were in the raw data release. Much of this has been available via ESA's PSA for a long time. oh, the sudden activity in this thread lead me to believe this was a new batch of materials. are the full global views posted here composites that some of you have stitched or are they just full views snapped by MExpress? -------------------- |
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Jul 16 2008, 01:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 124 Joined: 23-March 06 Member No.: 723 |
Mars Express to rendezvous with Martian moon
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMVGAWIPIF_0.html 16 July 2008 Scientists and engineers are preparing ESAs Mars Express for a pair of close fly-bys of the Martian moon Phobos. Passing within 100 km of the surface, Mars Express will conduct some of the most detailed investigations of the moon to date. The series of fly-bys will take place between 12 July and 3 August. During the second encounter, the spacecraft will fly within 273 km of the surface. Six days later, Mars Express will close to within just 97 km. Although the Red Planet itself has been studied in detail, very little is known about the origins of its moons, Phobos and Deimos. It is unclear if the moons are actually asteroids that were captured by Marss gravity and never left its orbit. Another possibility is that Phobos and Deimos are actually surviving planetesimals, bodies which formed the planets of the Solar System. They may also be remnants of an impact of a large object on Mars. As Mars Express closes-in on Phobos, the data gathered will help scientists answer these questions. |
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Jul 16 2008, 05:14 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10226 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
"As it flies by at a distance of 97 km, Mars Express will image areas of Phobos that have never been glimpsed before. "
... by Mars Express. The whole surface of Phobos was imaged by Viking. Oh for a Deimos encounter.... there's a world we really do need new images of. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jul 16 2008, 06:08 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Yes, particularly the trailing hemisphere.
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Jul 17 2008, 03:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
"As it flies by at a distance of 97 km, Mars Express will image areas of Phobos that have never been glimpsed before. " ... by Mars Express. The whole surface of Phobos was imaged by Viking. And some people got offended when I mentioned the ESA tendency towards "little lies"? If it ain't exactly the truth... *sigh*... -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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Jul 27 2008, 10:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1452 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
Does anyone know when those images from the 97 km flyby will be made available?
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Jul 28 2008, 12:06 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Uh.... <Ahem!> Well, um...that's a pretty good question, and all I'm gonna say.
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Jul 28 2008, 12:14 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Agustin Chicarro (project scientist) told me they were supposed to be downlinked Friday, and that there should be some images released on Monday.
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Jul 28 2008, 11:19 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
00.12... bye bye Monday...
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Jul 29 2008, 01:22 AM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
He said Monday, but he didn't say which Monday
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Jul 29 2008, 03:45 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1452 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
He said Monday, but he didn't say which Monday AAAhhh! Ha ha! They tricked us! =P ... -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Jul 29 2008, 04:32 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Hungry, just so you know (if you don't already), releases from ESA can be a bit erratic for a whole lot of known and unknown reasons that I definitely don't want to get into for reasons of forum decorum and that have been extensively discussed previously. Gotta wait & hope, is all.
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Jul 29 2008, 04:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1452 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
Hungry, just so you know (if you don't already), releases from ESA can be a bit erratic for a whole lot of reasons that I definitely don't want to get into for reasons of forum decorum and have been extensively discussed previously. Gotta wait & hope, is all. Oh yes, I'm certainly aware. ESA's public relations has always been a source of agitation for me. I think I've heard perhaps two or three bits of news from Venus Express in it's whole mission. I've seen perhaps two pictures from the mission. -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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