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'rock' satellite flybys, The next ten weeks
jasedm
post May 16 2008, 06:37 PM
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Cassini's orbits are now averaging 8-9 days apiece as the end of the prime mission approaches, and according to information posted on this forum, Cassini approaches within 75,000km of various 'rock' satellites EIGHTEEN times in the next ten weeks.
These flybys include the closest remaining encounters with Daphnis, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, and Pallene (all of these sub-30,000km).
Many close moon-encounters fall during Saturn eclipse, and there are many competing experiments around periapse, but hopefully there will be some planned ISS observations of these small moons at or around closest-approach...
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- jasedm   'rock' satellite flybys   May 16 2008, 06:37 PM
- - volcanopele   Just a quick scan: Janus (Jun 30; 59000 km; high p...   May 16 2008, 06:52 PM
|- - DrShank   QUOTE (volcanopele @ May 16 2008, 12:52 P...   May 16 2008, 07:11 PM
- - volcanopele   It is on March 3, 2010 at 13:40:41UTC. Distance t...   May 16 2008, 07:57 PM
- - jasedm   Some long range images (around 350,000km ) of Janu...   May 18 2008, 02:18 PM
- - jasedm   Some more far-out janus shots have just been poste...   Jul 15 2008, 03:43 PM
- - jasedm   A couple of new images of Prometheus/F-ring have b...   Jul 23 2008, 12:14 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (jasedm @ Jul 23 2008, 08:14 AM) .....   Jul 23 2008, 02:18 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (jasedm @ Jul 23 2008, 07:14 AM) I ...   Jul 23 2008, 02:22 PM
|- - jasedm   QUOTE (Juramike @ Jul 23 2008, 03:22 PM) ...   Jul 23 2008, 03:37 PM
|- - 3488   Hi everyone, Think you may like this one. I'm...   Jul 23 2008, 07:40 PM
- - jasedm   Hi Andrew, this is a view of Janus I've been l...   Jul 23 2008, 08:35 PM
- - volcanopele   It wasn't missed, just covered in a different ...   Jul 23 2008, 08:47 PM
|- - 3488   Thanks VP for setting me straight. I was aware of ...   Jul 23 2008, 09:22 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (3488 @ Jul 23 2008, 11:22 PM) I wa...   Jul 23 2008, 09:26 PM
- - jasedm   Can't compare to Enceladus' close-up of co...   Aug 14 2008, 09:35 AM
|- - Ken90000   Did we miss Pallene? The images appear blank. I ...   Aug 22 2008, 02:54 PM
||- - tallbear   QUOTE (Ken90000 @ Aug 22 2008, 06:54 AM) ...   Aug 22 2008, 04:32 PM
||- - Ken90000   Thanks, T Perhaps there will be another opportuni...   Aug 23 2008, 09:45 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (jasedm @ Aug 14 2008, 10:35 AM) Th...   Feb 5 2009, 05:20 PM
|- - Tom Tamlyn   Will there be any opportunities for better images ...   Feb 5 2009, 09:23 PM
|- - pat   QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ Feb 5 2009, 09:23 PM)...   Feb 11 2009, 12:26 PM
- - jasedm   The relevant looking-ahead article on Ciclops sugg...   Aug 24 2008, 02:29 PM
- - Floyd   Lots of great images of DAPHNIS--potential movie. ...   Feb 3 2009, 11:26 PM
- - jasedm   It seems Daphnis kicks a lot of material up out of...   Feb 5 2009, 04:49 PM

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