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 Oct 27 2010, 03:25 PM
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QUOTE (dmuller @ Oct 27 2010, 09:30 AM)  Any chance to get some trajectory figures or ephemeris on stage 3 (x,y,z,t would be nice) somewhere ... could add distance from NH to 3rd stage to my realtime sims! Sure. I'll have it worked up. |
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Oct 27 2010, 09:08 PM
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QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Oct 28 2010, 01:25 AM) Sure. I'll have it worked up. Beautiful Alan, thanks heaps. Does NH publish current spice kernels (.bsp)? I can't seem to find them (which doesn't mean anything since according to my wife "I" am blind ...) and have to rely on what's in the SSD Horizons. -------------------- |
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Oct 28 2010, 08:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 529 Joined: 19-February 05 Member No.: 173 |
Here you all go-- see attached for 2nd and third stage trajectories as a function of time in heliocentric coords. Enjoy! |
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Oct 28 2010, 08:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 529 Joined: 19-February 05 Member No.: 173 |
QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Oct 28 2010, 09:19 PM) Here you all go-- see attached for 2nd and third stage trajectories as a function of time in heliocentric coords. Enjoy! Here you go, the attachment is now <1 MB, so it uploads. |
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Oct 28 2010, 08:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 529 Joined: 19-February 05 Member No.: 173 |
QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Oct 28 2010, 09:31 PM) Here you go, the attachment is now <1 MB, so it uploads. Now for a .pdfs! First file here....2nd file next....
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NH_3rdStage_Position_AU_only_AU_NH_3rdStage_XYZ_SunEcliptic.pdf ( 263.14K )
Number of downloads: 833 |
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Oct 28 2010, 08:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 529 Joined: 19-February 05 Member No.: 173 |
2nd file now attached as .pdf
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Oct 28 2010, 11:14 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 340 Joined: 11-April 08 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 4093 |
Beautiful! Thanks Alan.
I attached the info to the bottom-left corner of the distances box: http://www.dmuller.net/spaceflight/realtim...ion=newhorizons 0.89AU at the moment. I really need to work on that layout. -------------------- |
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Mar 18 2011, 05:34 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Worth remembering that New Horizons crosses the orbit of Uranus today!
Just a couple of billions kms to go!  http://twitter.com/newhorizons2015/ We're crossing Uranus's orbit TOMORROW -- on now toward Neptune's! about 16 hours ago via web |
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Jul 12 2011, 07:07 PM
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Congrats to New Horizons on reaching 2000 days in space! Later!
J P |
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 Dec 3 2011, 12:06 AM
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Early today we cracked the Voyager 1 distance record to Pluto. When it comes to closest, we own it now, and get closer every day.
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/20111202.php |
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Dec 3 2011, 01:18 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Congratulations, it's hard to believe it's been 6 years already.
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Dec 3 2011, 01:35 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 529 Joined: 19-February 05 Member No.: 173 |
Yes, and encounter begins 3 years from next month.
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Dec 3 2011, 01:53 AM
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Dang. Where did the time go? I mean seriously.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Dec 3 2011, 04:13 PM
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Tempis fugit...but NH 'fugits' FAST.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 3 2011, 07:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Dec 2 2011, 04:06 PM) Early today we cracked the Voyager 1 distance record to Pluto. When it comes to closest, we own it now, and get closer every day. http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/20111202.php The caption on the picture says Pluto will expand "exponentially" as NH gets near, but I think it'll really only expand linearly as a function of time (if we're talking radius) or geometrically, if we're talking area. --Greg |
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