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Mercury Flyby 1
MarsIsImportant
post Dec 5 2007, 06:47 AM
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40 days and counting. The long wait is almost over!

I wonder whether we will get enough data to test new simulation theories like this one.

http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19...solar-wind.html

What do you expect from this first flyby?
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- MarsIsImportant   Mercury Flyby 1   Dec 5 2007, 06:47 AM
- - tasp   Any sign of geysers of molten lead visible on the ...   Jan 15 2008, 03:23 PM
- - mgrodzki   as phil says above… if there are no stable orbits ...   Jan 15 2008, 03:41 PM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Jan 15 2008, 05:10 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (JRehling @ Jan 15 2008, 06:10 PM) ...   Jan 15 2008, 05:16 PM
|- - jsheff   QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 15 2008, 12:16 PM) B...   Jan 15 2008, 08:01 PM
|- - gcecil   QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 15 2008, 12:16 PM) B...   Jan 15 2008, 10:20 PM
- - elakdawalla   I've just heard that MESSENGER may not get its...   Jan 15 2008, 05:34 PM
- - ollopa   Looks like Ulysses could be troubleshooting for se...   Jan 15 2008, 06:06 PM
|- - ugordan   Things always seem to work themselves out, don...   Jan 15 2008, 06:09 PM
|- - tedstryk   I hate to sound mean, but if they were testing som...   Jan 15 2008, 06:36 PM
|- - robspace54   At noon today, the highgain download from MESSENGE...   Jan 15 2008, 06:57 PM
|- - jasedm   QUOTE (robspace54 @ Jan 15 2008, 06:57 PM...   Jan 15 2008, 07:19 PM
- - scalbers   Here's a quick (and preliminary) Mercury map u...   Jan 15 2008, 08:05 PM
|- - jabe   seems that no pics to be released today.. check he...   Jan 15 2008, 08:36 PM
- - elakdawalla   Quick change to that -- just got a call from Louis...   Jan 15 2008, 08:46 PM
|- - ugordan   Great, now I have to stay up! It's Iapetus...   Jan 15 2008, 08:49 PM
|- - jabe   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 15 2008, 08:46 P...   Jan 15 2008, 08:49 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 15 2008, 08:46 P...   Jan 15 2008, 09:11 PM
- - deglr6328   Well its not the sun, that's for sure. http://...   Jan 15 2008, 10:19 PM
|- - ugordan   Maybe it's actually perfectly "normal...   Jan 15 2008, 10:23 PM
||- - gcecil   QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 15 2008, 05:23 PM) M...   Jan 16 2008, 02:36 AM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Jan 15 2008, 04:19 PM)...   Jan 15 2008, 10:40 PM
- - Phil Stooke   I have to agree with ugordan, I don't consider...   Jan 15 2008, 10:47 PM
- - Astro0   Some good news... The Canberra DSN currently has ...   Jan 16 2008, 12:09 AM
|- - gndonald   QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jan 16 2008, 09:09 AM) So...   Jan 16 2008, 12:32 AM
- - JJR2   Sorry to jump into the middle of the discussion, b...   Jan 16 2008, 12:13 AM
- - scalbers   Slightly updated map (compared with post #218) and...   Jan 16 2008, 12:19 AM
- - climber   HERE WE ARE !!!! Brand new (half) ...   Jan 16 2008, 12:57 AM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Jan 16 2008, 01:08 AM
- - nprev   Thanks for the great news, Astro0! Re mult...   Jan 16 2008, 01:00 AM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   Hmmm... nothing that looks obviously surprising to...   Jan 16 2008, 01:09 AM
- - jasedm   Wow! First thing to note is the sheer number o...   Jan 16 2008, 01:07 AM
- - volcanopele   Goodbye Skinakas Basin, we hardly knew ye.   Jan 16 2008, 01:08 AM
- - jasedm   Some of the concentric double craters are very rem...   Jan 16 2008, 01:18 AM
|- - tedstryk   Tolstoj is very prominent, with its seemingly uniq...   Jan 16 2008, 01:26 AM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Jan 16 2008, 01:29 AM
- - Rob Pinnegar   Maybe I am just used to hunting for basins after s...   Jan 16 2008, 01:25 AM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (Rob Pinnegar @ Jan 16 2008, 01:25 ...   Jan 16 2008, 01:34 AM
- - jasedm   The Arecibo results would also appear to have been...   Jan 16 2008, 01:28 AM
- - JJR2   Yep...that's a picture. This is Caloris? ...   Jan 16 2008, 01:29 AM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Jan 16 2008, 01:33 AM
|- - gndonald   QUOTE (JJR2 @ Jan 16 2008, 10:29 AM) Yep....   Jan 16 2008, 02:53 AM
|- - JJR2   QUOTE (gndonald @ Jan 16 2008, 02:53 AM) ...   Jan 16 2008, 04:50 PM
- - jasedm   The most surprising feature for me so far is the a...   Jan 16 2008, 01:54 AM
- - volcanopele   Here are some labeled, sharpened, and comparison i...   Jan 16 2008, 02:34 AM
|- - gcecil   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jan 15 2008, 09:34 P...   Jan 16 2008, 02:41 AM
|- - Holder of the Two Leashes   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jan 15 2008, 08:34 P...   Jan 16 2008, 02:55 AM
||- - tedstryk   I applied similar enhancements to this image as I ...   Jan 16 2008, 03:14 AM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Jan 16 2008, 06:48 AM
- - gcecil   This image (bigger view here) is a quick comparis...   Jan 16 2008, 03:44 AM
- - nprev   Those craters in the northern hemisphere with brig...   Jan 16 2008, 04:00 AM
- - Steve G   I've been looking at the icy moons of Jupiter ...   Jan 16 2008, 04:41 AM
|- - JRehling   [...]   Jan 16 2008, 05:21 AM
- - Astro0   Data still streaming in at Canberra DSN. Extended ...   Jan 16 2008, 06:38 AM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jan 16 2008, 12:38 AM) Cu...   Jan 16 2008, 07:38 AM
- - edstrick   I ran bandpass filtering on the full disc image. ...   Jan 16 2008, 08:02 AM
- - n1ckdrake   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jan 16 2008, 02:38 AM) ...   Jan 16 2008, 08:03 AM
- - edstrick   One additional file before an assortment of commen...   Jan 16 2008, 08:54 AM
- - volcanopele   Well, it is almost time for me to go to sleep, but...   Jan 16 2008, 08:59 AM
- - edstrick   Rather than "iron rich basalt", I'm ...   Jan 16 2008, 09:21 AM
- - jasedm   Speaking of Shoemaker, is it reasonable to expect ...   Jan 16 2008, 10:03 AM
- - edstrick   I think given the average "more chewed up...   Jan 16 2008, 10:21 AM
- - Tayfun Öner   Here is a quick projection of edstrick's filte...   Jan 16 2008, 10:25 AM
- - Astro0   'n1ckdrake' - I think Astro0 meant 25 to 3...   Jan 16 2008, 10:37 AM
|- - peter59   QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jan 16 2008, 11:37 AM) ...   Jan 16 2008, 11:00 AM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   25-30 kilobits per second (kbps) seems likely. Dow...   Jan 16 2008, 11:08 AM
|- - ugordan   Even 25 kbps sounds like a rather low bandwidth fo...   Jan 16 2008, 11:12 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 16 2008, 11:12 AM) E...   Jan 16 2008, 11:28 AM
|- - ugordan   I guess that's a Discovery class imposed weigh...   Jan 16 2008, 11:44 AM
- - Ant103   What extraordinary times we're living If you...   Jan 16 2008, 11:22 AM
- - Oersted   Marvellous images: what a great age to live in...   Jan 16 2008, 01:10 PM
- - dvandorn   OK -- 30 kilobits per second, I can see. At 30 ki...   Jan 16 2008, 01:23 PM
|- - Tom Tamlyn   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jan 16 2008, 08:23 AM) ...   Jan 16 2008, 07:23 PM
- - robspace54   When I was a mere boy, Mariner 4 flew past Mars an...   Jan 16 2008, 01:55 PM
|- - tedstryk   Galileo made us forget how much the internet had a...   Jan 16 2008, 03:10 PM
|- - David   Would anybody like to have some fun matching the n...   Jan 16 2008, 03:51 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Good luck! Unfortunately, Antoniadi and all a...   Jan 16 2008, 04:07 PM
- - SpaceListener   A quick questions. I doubt that Messenger will n...   Jan 16 2008, 04:10 PM
- - djellison   This single image was picked to be downlinked as i...   Jan 16 2008, 04:19 PM
- - elakdawalla   Heavens no. The best stuff from this flyby will b...   Jan 16 2008, 05:15 PM
|- - tedstryk   The image they have now is probably from the set f...   Jan 16 2008, 06:05 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jan 16 2008, 10:05 AM) ...   Jan 16 2008, 06:24 PM
- - Phil Stooke   A good project for you, Ted! Phil   Jan 16 2008, 06:15 PM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   A fairly high resolution image is now available: ...   Jan 16 2008, 06:23 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Jan 16 2008, 06:23...   Jan 16 2008, 06:29 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Jan 16 2008, 12:23...   Jan 16 2008, 06:41 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jan 16 2008, 06:41 PM) ...   Jan 16 2008, 06:47 PM
- - volcanopele   Nice image of Vivaldi!   Jan 16 2008, 06:31 PM
- - akuo   The whole Messenger site seems to be broken. If an...   Jan 16 2008, 06:44 PM
- - Jyril   Direct link.   Jan 16 2008, 06:47 PM
- - dvandorn   Thanks, guys! Now, where did that swear jar g...   Jan 16 2008, 07:03 PM
- - volcanopele   Interesting new image. Obviously, the most intere...   Jan 16 2008, 07:04 PM
- - Stu   Sharpened up a bit it could be a featured image fr...   Jan 16 2008, 07:20 PM
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