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Dawn approaches Vesta, Approach phase, 3 May to 16 July 2011
ugordan
post May 11 2011, 03:29 PM
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NASA's Dawn Captures First Image of Nearing Asteroid


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tek_604
post May 12 2011, 12:39 PM
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Press release from the Framing Camera Team @ MPS:

Land ho! A first glimpse of Vesta
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post May 18 2011, 07:05 AM
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New website for Dawn Framing Camera @ MPS:

Dawn Framing Camera
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post May 18 2011, 12:55 PM
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QUOTE (tek_604 @ May 18 2011, 02:05 AM) *
New website for Dawn Framing Camera...

The English version.
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post May 18 2011, 04:15 PM
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Hopefully we'll get another picture soon. Meanwhile, I took the first image and smoothed it from the big pixel format. No new information but it looks better... maybe!

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post May 18 2011, 04:30 PM
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Well it at least appears to still be there, which I suppose is good news.
Vesta is my mother in laws first name too smile.gif.
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post May 18 2011, 05:48 PM
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My understanding is Dawn will reach HST resolution 2nd week of June!

Early Treat!
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post May 19 2011, 12:40 PM
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Vesta has fond assocations for some of us. It was a type of dehydrated chicken or beef curry meal we used to take camping in the 1970s...
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Stu
post May 19 2011, 01:15 PM
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haha! I remember those! I wouldn't be surprised if Vesta turns out to be *less* dense than some of those meals...!!

Edit: here's what we're talking about...

Vesta chow mein

Many happy/not so happy flashbacks for Brit forum members after clicking on that link... those "crispy noodles" were harder than a tramp's toenails.


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post May 19 2011, 03:08 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ May 19 2011, 06:15 AM) *
... those "crispy noodles" were harder than a tramp's toenails.

Well there's goes MY breakfast.


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post May 19 2011, 05:17 PM
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I liked those Vesta Chow Mein meals !
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post May 19 2011, 07:12 PM
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And I liked the crunchy noodles.

Makes me wonder whether GRaND will detect any Sodium 2-Aminopentanedioate though... rolleyes.gif

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Phil Stooke
post May 22 2011, 09:01 PM
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OK, Dawn team! This is the bit where you release another image!

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post May 22 2011, 10:55 PM
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You aren't excited about this, are you? tongue.gif
I wouldn't think it would look too different from the previous image.


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post May 23 2011, 12:28 AM
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Pictures taken now should have almost twice the resolution of the first image.
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