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Rev 183 - Fourth and final Rhea flyby, Goodbye Rhea
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post Mar 6 2013, 06:51 PM
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This orbit of Cassini has already begun on March 4th, 2013. The major activity is a targeted flyby of Rhea starting on the 9th. Cassini will approach from the south, and this will be the last time it will get good direct (mostly centered) imaging of the south pole (thermal) and north pole (cameras). What little of Rhea remains unmapped will mostly be picked up on the north pole photos, although some of it at very low sun angles. During closest approach they will be gravity mapping the interior from radio doppler tracking.

"Finals" like this one are reminders that although the mission is not winding down yet, still the number of days ahead for Cassini are not as many as the days already behind. There will be three more close non-targeted flybys of Rhea in 2015 when Cassini will get within waving distance, but they will never again get up close and personal.

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The other major activities are high latitude observations of Saturn and the rings, including more propeller searches. Only distant cloud monitoring observations of Titan are planned for this orbit.
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post Mar 17 2013, 04:30 PM
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QUB2RGB and similar QUB2PNG are Ugordan's programs which works via command line.
So you need open console. Maybe it works even if you simply drag your VIMS cube on program icon, but I didn't try this.

Here you can found more info.


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- Holder of the Two Leashes   Rev 183 - Fourth and final Rhea flyby   Mar 6 2013, 06:51 PM
- - jasedm   I was wondering if there was any slim chance of in...   Mar 7 2013, 05:02 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Here is a paper that describes radio occultation o...   Mar 7 2013, 04:28 PM
|- - jasedm   QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Mar 7 2013...   Mar 7 2013, 09:06 PM
- - kemcab2012   Here's a short video comprised of the raw imag...   Mar 9 2013, 05:50 PM
- - ngunn   Great Rhea images - here's one: http://saturn....   Mar 10 2013, 09:26 PM
- - wildespace   Great images from this last flyby! I've ma...   Mar 11 2013, 09:36 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Very nice! Playing some games with saturation...   Mar 11 2013, 04:31 PM
- - phase4   Great images indeed, it's a beautiful landscap...   Mar 11 2013, 11:32 PM
|- - dilo   Is there any explanation for such strange sharp fe...   Mar 12 2013, 06:03 AM
|- - wildespace   QUOTE (dilo @ Mar 12 2013, 06:03 AM) Is t...   Mar 12 2013, 06:19 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I'd say a small low-angle thrust fault like a ...   Mar 12 2013, 12:04 PM
- - wildespace   Titan, March 13 and 14, 2013. Images were taken ap...   Mar 16 2013, 03:16 PM
- - remcook   The methane filters are narrow-band filters that p...   Mar 16 2013, 04:55 PM
|- - wildespace   QUOTE (remcook @ Mar 16 2013, 04:55 PM) I...   Mar 16 2013, 06:32 PM
- - machi   If you want know how true color images looks, try ...   Mar 17 2013, 10:49 AM
|- - wildespace   QUOTE (machi @ Mar 17 2013, 10:49 AM) If ...   Mar 17 2013, 03:30 PM
- - machi   QUB2RGB and similar QUB2PNG are Ugordan's prog...   Mar 17 2013, 04:30 PM


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