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Jun 16 2016, 07:23 PM
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I know this mission is not meant to study any Jovian satellites, but is Juno going to, by chance, pass near enough to any satellites (particularly small, not well imaged satellites) that it could take any useful pictures of them? (Or will it be possible to finagle the final de-orbit burn to send it past a satellite for this purpose?)
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Nov 16 2023, 06:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3233 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
The reference trajectory for Juno has been updated (spk_ref_231110_251016_231110.bsp). This includes the updated Io encounters in 2024 and 2025 that Scott Bolton mentioned at OPAG back in May, though some of the distances have been adjusted since that presentation. Here is that update. First table has the encounters through PJ58 which are unchanged, and then the post-PJ58 encounters.
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Nov 17 2023, 07:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 22-April 05 Member No.: 351 |
The reference trajectory for Juno has been updated (spk_ref_231110_251016_231110.bsp). This includes the updated Io encounters in 2024 and 2025 that Scott Bolton mentioned at OPAG back in May, though some of the distances have been adjusted since that presentation. Here is that update. First table has the encounters through PJ58 which are unchanged, and then the post-PJ58 encounters. I plotted out the resolutions in the tables that volcanopele posted versus date. I looks like the mission will tweak the orbits in 2025 to keep 3 encounters at nearly the same resolution. I wonder if the geometry of the imaging/lighting is particularly favorable then. -------------------- |
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