Where is New Horizons now |
Where is New Horizons now |
May 9 2006, 01:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Oh oh ! Be care of what we say All...God's watching us
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May 11 2006, 09:09 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 9-January 06 Member No.: 639 |
The next major milestone for New Horizons: Passing Ceres, the largest main belt asteroid
The spacecraft will cross the orbital path of Ceres on July 6, 2006. The actual passing of Ceres in heliocentric distance will take place on July 25, 2006 at 18:30 UTC due to Ceres being close to it's outermost possible distance from the sun. Indeed, the 3 AU crossing takes place just two days later on July 27, 2006! Later! J P |
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Mar 13 2007, 09:36 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 12-March 07 From: Pasadena, CA USA Member No.: 1857 |
Are spice kernels available for the New Horizons spacecraft? I'd like to make some pretty pictures myself!
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Mar 15 2007, 05:43 PM
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Well, it looks like we know where Dr Stern will be on 12th April
New Horizons Mission to Begin Pluto Encounter April 12th, 2015 in Salute to Early Space Explorers The year 2015 will be the 54th anniversary of the spaceflight of Yuri Gagarin, the first person to orbit the Earth and the 34th anniversary of the first Shuttle launch. Each April 12, Yuri's Night holds parties around the planet to commemorate these occasions. New Horizons mission PI Dr. Alan Stern will be present at theYuri's Night Washington, D.C. party to talk more about the mission... |
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May 1 2007, 02:55 PM
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May 2 2007, 05:59 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
NH is designed to stay warm inside, its built like a vaccum flask.
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May 3 2007, 12:03 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 9-January 06 Member No.: 639 |
UPDATE! On 05/03/2007, at 00:01:54 UTC, the NH spacecraft reached 900 million km from the sun. The spacecraft's distance from Earth, by comparison, is 772 million km. NH is now less than 3.837 billion km from Pluto and traveling at a rate of 21.31 km/s. Later!
J P |
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May 31 2007, 08:19 AM
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UPDATE. She is now 1AU from Jupiter and still seems to be doing good.
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Jul 6 2007, 09:32 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 9-January 06 Member No.: 639 |
Important milestone! On 07/06/2007, at 21:30:30 UTC, the NH spacecraft reached it's first 1 billion km from the sun. The spacecraft's distance from Earth, by comparison, is 870.4 million km. NH is now less than 3.72 billion km from Pluto and traveling at a rate of 20.6 km/s. Later!
J P |
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Jul 25 2007, 06:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
Looking at the New Horizons Current Position chart: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/mission/whereis_nh.php
I notice that we'll be moving off the edge of the top chart in a few months. Rather than dropping the chart entirely or rescaling it to make it closer to the "Full Trajectory" chart, I wonder if it would be possible to simply shift the center of the chart, keeping the scale the same. That is, instead of putting the sun at the center, would it be possible to center the chart on the point where New Horizons crossed the orbit of Jupiter? I'm pretty sure that'd keep the start point on the chart, and if we're lucky, it'd include the point where New Horizons will cross the orbit of Uranus. That's just past the half-way point, if I figure it correctly. Failing that, switching to a chart that kept the same scale but was centered on New Horizons itself would be almost as good. --Greg |
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Sep 10 2007, 08:39 AM
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UPDATE! On 09/10/2007, at 08:36:45 UTC, the NH spacecraft reached 1100 million km from the sun. The spacecraft's distance from Earth, by comparison, is nearly 1.108 billion km. Halfway between the mean orbits of Jupiter and Saturn, NH is now less than 3.616 billion km from Pluto and traveling at a rate of 19.97 km/s. Later!
J P |
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Nov 8 2007, 02:53 AM
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UPDATE! On 09/10/2007, at 08:36:45 UTC, the NH spacecraft reached 1100 million km from the sun. The spacecraft's distance from Earth, by comparison, is nearly 1.108 billion km. Halfway between the mean orbits of Jupiter and Saturn, NH is now less than 3.616 billion km from Pluto and traveling at a rate of 19.97 km/s. Later! J P just an FYI NH is down to 70,000 KPH but still going good |
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Nov 8 2007, 09:39 AM
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...And crossing 8 AU early next week.
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Nov 8 2007, 03:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
Going to be hard to find interesting milestones over the next seven years. I note, though, that on April 1, 2008, it should reach the "Browserpause," which is that thin white space on the "Current Position" map right where the path exits the picture. :-)
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Nov 8 2007, 05:23 PM
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Regarding milestones with which to follow NH's progress, I found myself wondering if there are any minor objects that orbit between Jupiter and Saturn's orbits. I came across the following abstract:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/t74010qg40q4745l/ The abstract seems to indicate that there are 5 known objects between Jupiter and Saturn's orbit. I'm trying to search for more info. We could use these object's orbits as a sort of milestone. edit: This plot suggests that there are many more: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/OuterPlot.html |
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