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Destination Uranus! Rare chance to reach ice giants excites scientists
MikeH
post Mar 8 2020, 11:47 PM
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News article in Nature about an upcoming launch window in the 2030s for Uranus and Neptune (no paywall):

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00619-y
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post Mar 21 2020, 11:15 PM
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Neptune and Triton are so tempting (the geysers alone would be such a treat), but if we have to choose just one, a Uranus orbiter is the logical choice after Galileo and Cassini. Shorter flight time and many more moons with unmapped hemispheres, and a chance to dispense with the 'blue-green cue ball' image that has existed since 1986. The equinox when both hemispheres are illuminated is approaching as well.
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- MikeH   Destination Uranus! Rare chance to reach ice giants excites scientists   Mar 8 2020, 11:47 PM
- - James S.   This will be so AWESOME, if it does happen. Would ...   Mar 9 2020, 03:50 PM
- - titanicrivers   Not sure if the abstracts from this Royal Society ...   Mar 13 2020, 05:07 PM
- - stevesliva   The current 'Outer Planets' SNAFU is reall...   Mar 13 2020, 05:55 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (stevesliva @ Mar 13 2020, 09:55 AM...   Mar 14 2020, 04:19 AM
- - antipode   Has anyone proposed a flyby plus probe combination...   Mar 19 2020, 01:06 AM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (antipode @ Mar 18 2020, 06:06 PM) ...   Mar 19 2020, 05:38 PM
- - antipode   vjkane, I'm not suggesting its an ideal outcom...   Mar 21 2020, 05:43 AM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (antipode @ Mar 20 2020, 10:43 PM) ...   Mar 21 2020, 03:36 PM
- - Explorer1   Neptune and Triton are so tempting (the geysers al...   Mar 21 2020, 11:15 PM

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