Rev 152 - Aug 12-Sep 3, 2011 - Hyperion |
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Rev 152 - Aug 12-Sep 3, 2011 - Hyperion |
 Aug 15 2011, 08:52 AM
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rev 152 is now up
mostly routine obs, plus one non-targeted encounter of Hyperion -------------------- I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically at far less cost and far greater quantity and quality of results.
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Aug 15 2011, 08:28 PM
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A non-targeted Hyperion encounter this rev & next. Good! We haven't had any good looks at H. in some time!
-------------------- 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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Aug 15 2011, 09:35 PM
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And it promises to be a very good look - It's the closest flyby of Hyperion for the rest of the mission, and probably our best view of this moon for a few decades to come..
Resolution should be comparable to this: (though at a lesser phase angle)
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Aug 15 2011, 10:07 PM
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it would be nice to be able to update my map of Hyperion , and add fixes
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Aug 15 2011, 10:59 PM
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...should be an absorbing encounter
-------------------- Ladies and Gentlemen, Sample Return...
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Aug 16 2011, 12:17 AM
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QUOTE (JohnVV @ Aug 15 2011, 11:07 PM)  it would be nice to be able to update my map of Hyperion , and add fixes I'm not certain, but I believe due to the chaotic rotation, it's not possible yet to predict accurately at which areas the cameras are pointing during Hyperion encounters - the sequence planners don't know exactly which part of the moon will be visible during the flyby. Good thing is there'll almost certainly be some improved resolution for parts of the moon during the upcoming encounter.  |
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Aug 16 2011, 12:17 AM
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After all, the encounter is merely sponging off of a fortuitous alignment of the moons...
-------------------- 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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Aug 16 2011, 12:50 AM
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Good foam on that post, nprev
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Aug 16 2011, 01:07 AM
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jasedm true
i ended up using the existing shape model and manually making it fit as to weather north is up ?? who knows . That though is something that needs fixing (north is to the right ) |
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Aug 26 2011, 01:55 PM
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Nice pictures of Hyperion are now online:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...9/N00174835.jpg http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...9/N00174838.jpg http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...9/N00174852.jpg http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...9/N00174868.jpg ... A long time we did not get such great pictures of the Chaotic Sponge Moon ! Best regards, Marc. |
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Aug 26 2011, 02:45 PM
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anaglyph
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-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Aug 26 2011, 02:51 PM
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Considering that Dawn is at Vesta with its big crater, I am glad that the Bond-Lassell crater was in view this time around. Great views of the central mound of that crater.
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Aug 26 2011, 03:04 PM
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Wow! about 4 pages of images--And about every possible filter at low phase angle from multiple distances.
-------------------- Floyd
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Aug 26 2011, 05:16 PM
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Hyperion crescent. Unfortunate that the "nose" got cut off in the NACs. I substituted a bit from a distant WAC but it doesn't hold up well to close scrutiny.
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Aug 26 2011, 07:43 PM
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Great crescent mosaic , Emily !
I'm happy that Hyperion comes back in light ! I especially like this picture: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...9/N00174904.jpg From this point of view, Hyperion seems indeed to have a much more regular Vesta-like shape, which is not the case with any other pictures of this strange object. Is the smaller basin at the top Helios ? Marc. |
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