Enceladus August 11, 2008 encounter, Close-up observations of plume vents |
Enceladus August 11, 2008 encounter, Close-up observations of plume vents |
Aug 3 2008, 06:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 910 Joined: 4-September 06 From: Boston Member No.: 1102 |
Just 8 days until the next Enceladus encounter.
CICLOPS Rev 80 Looking Ahead will appear here soon. Cassini Enceladus 080EN Mission Description is here now. We get to fly through the south polar jets again. -Floyd [edit] Soon = somtime before encounter -------------------- |
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Aug 8 2008, 03:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1465 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Columbus OH USA Member No.: 13 |
How about plume material that might be up in the sunlight, but silhouetted against the night side?
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Aug 8 2008, 03:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
That would be potentially visible in an ideal situation, but again, there are two problems: the phase angle is still too low and scattered light off the sunlit surface might swamp out any signal from the plumes. I don't think I've ever seen a clear sign of the plumes at a 90 deg phase angle in distant Enceladus imagery.
It'd be nice to be wrong on this, though! -------------------- |
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