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mgrodzki
post Feb 17 2008, 09:00 PM
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i am wondering the nature of these phobos and deimos releases… are these just additional images they captured last year but we just hadn’t seen them until they released the full sets of data?


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post Feb 18 2008, 01:01 AM
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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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post Feb 18 2008, 01:52 AM
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QUOTE (tedstryk @ Feb 17 2008, 08:01 PM) *
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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post Jul 16 2008, 01:02 PM
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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 ESA’s 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 Mars’s 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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post Jul 16 2008, 05:14 PM
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"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.


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post Jul 16 2008, 06:08 PM
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Yes, particularly the trailing hemisphere.


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post Jul 17 2008, 03:57 AM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 16 2008, 12:14 PM) *
"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*...

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post Jul 27 2008, 10:59 PM
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Does anyone know when those images from the 97 km flyby will be made available?


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post Jul 28 2008, 12:06 AM
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Uh.... <Ahem!> Well, um...that's a pretty good question, and all I'm gonna say.


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post Jul 28 2008, 12:14 AM
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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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post Jul 28 2008, 11:19 PM
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00.12... bye bye Monday...

Maybe tomorrow...



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post Jul 29 2008, 01:22 AM
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He said Monday, but he didn't say which Monday rolleyes.gif


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post Jul 29 2008, 03:45 AM
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QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jul 28 2008, 07:22 PM) *
He said Monday, but he didn't say which Monday rolleyes.gif


AAAhhh! Ha ha! They tricked us! =P ...
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post Jul 29 2008, 04:32 AM
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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. sad.gif


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post Jul 29 2008, 04:35 AM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 28 2008, 11:32 PM) *
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. sad.gif


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.


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