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Rev166: May 11th - May 28th 2012, Tethys, Methone, Titan

jasedm View Member Profile	May 11 2012, 11:48 AM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 655 Joined: 22-January 06 Member No.: 655	Latest looking ahead article is available. I've been looking forward to this one for a while as we get our first decent look at Methone Closest ISS activity is from 4,500km, which should yield images comparable to the best views we have so far of Atlas. There are also images planned of Tethys' trailing hemisphere from mid-ranges, and of course a close (955km) Titan flyby with specular-reflection searches, and radar swaths at C/A. This is the flyby whereby Titan bends Cassini's orbit 'down' and out of the ring plane for the next couple of years. I know we can't have it all, but I was hoping for another decent look at Telesto on this rev (Cassini buzzes past at around 11,000km) which would have given us images at high phases and from almost the same range as the flyby in 2005. Never mind, there's another similar-range pass to Telesto in 2015. Lots to look forward to. Jase

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jasedm Rev166: May 11th - May 28th 2012 May 11 2012, 11:48 AM

Holder of the Two Leashes QUOTE (jasedm @ May 11 2012, 06:48 AM) ..... May 11 2012, 02:50 PM

jasedm Re: Methone, Emily's wish came true....(from 6... May 11 2012, 08:22 PM

machi Does anyone know why is imaging from 4,500 km and ... May 11 2012, 10:47 PM

nprev I'm guessing that the relative motion at close... May 12 2012, 12:50 AM

Phil Stooke Or maybe the closest view direction would be very ... May 12 2012, 01:12 AM

machi According to great PS site http://www.planetary.or... May 12 2012, 04:39 AM

jasedm My guess is that there is perhaps still sufficient... May 12 2012, 07:46 AM

ugordan Titan's south polar haze layer is certainly st... May 18 2012, 04:09 PM

titanicrivers Interesting indeed. A bright portion is visible e... May 20 2012, 06:08 PM

belleraphon1 Methone and Tethys images are here: Methone - wow... May 21 2012, 02:29 PM

Bjorn Jonsson Wow. At this resolution Methone seems completely f... May 21 2012, 03:09 PM

belleraphon1 Probably getting coated by a lot of ice particles ... May 21 2012, 03:21 PM

Phil Stooke Spectacular! Here's a cleaned-up and cont... May 21 2012, 03:26 PM

machi Wow! This must be the biggest egg in the Unive... May 21 2012, 04:59 PM

jgoldader QUOTE (machi @ May 21 2012, 11:59 AM) Wow... May 21 2012, 10:19 PM

jasedm Methone is very reminiscent of Pallene - peanut-sh... May 21 2012, 06:40 PM

Ian R My attempt at an enhanced, IR-GRN-UV view: May 21 2012, 08:53 PM

ngunn That's interesting. The smooth shape says it... May 21 2012, 10:03 PM

Xerxes Submitted for your derision: my first attempt at p... May 22 2012, 04:21 AM

tasp Would the presumed particles coating the surface (... May 22 2012, 04:34 AM

elakdawalla Good job. I tried something similar, painting out ... May 22 2012, 04:35 AM

Holder of the Two Leashes Very pleased indeed that they got these good shots... May 22 2012, 05:19 AM

elakdawalla QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ May 21 201... May 22 2012, 05:33 AM

Paolo I get the feeling that Methone is not unlike Atlas... May 22 2012, 06:18 AM

titanicrivers Fascinating object. Cometary size and incredible ... May 24 2012, 01:42 AM

stevesliva QUOTE (titanicrivers @ May 23 2012, 08:42... May 24 2012, 02:18 AM

Paolo QUOTE (stevesliva @ May 24 2012, 04:18 AM... May 24 2012, 07:31 AM

Explorer1 What hemisphere are we looking at here, trailing o... May 24 2012, 02:19 AM

jasedm In passing, a milestone of distance travelled for ... May 24 2012, 05:31 PM

ugordan I never cared much for the "total distance tr... May 24 2012, 06:11 PM

john_s And how far have I travelled, sitting on my butt r... May 24 2012, 08:06 PM

jasedm QUOTE (ugordan @ May 24 2012, 07:11 PM) I... May 24 2012, 08:53 PM

ugordan No need to apologize. To each his own. May 25 2012, 04:31 PM

jasedm QUOTE (ugordan @ May 25 2012, 05:31 PM) N... May 25 2012, 06:03 PM

Greenish What is the orientation of Methone? Is the long a... May 25 2012, 05:46 PM

ngunn QUOTE (Greenish @ May 25 2012, 06:46 PM) ... May 25 2012, 09:26 PM

Greenish QUOTE (ngunn @ May 25 2012, 04:26 PM) I l... May 26 2012, 04:04 AM

rlorenz QUOTE (Greenish @ May 25 2012, 11:04 PM) ... May 26 2012, 01:10 PM

rlorenz QUOTE (rlorenz @ May 26 2012, 08:10 AM) H... May 26 2012, 01:12 PM

nprev QUOTE (rlorenz @ May 26 2012, 06:12 AM) I... May 26 2012, 11:48 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (rlorenz @ May 26 2012, 06:12 AM) I... May 27 2012, 02:05 AM

Greenish Probably not the best descriptors, the geometrical... May 26 2012, 10:50 PM

ngunn QUOTE (Greenish @ May 26 2012, 11:50 PM) ... May 27 2012, 07:13 AM

volcanopele North is down in the raw images. May 25 2012, 10:12 PM

john_s QUOTE (volcanopele @ May 25 2012, 04:12 P... May 26 2012, 07:32 PM

Explorer1 I think we would have noticed if Methone was as i... May 26 2012, 05:03 PM

Stu Actually, when you said Skittle' this UK resid... May 26 2012, 05:30 PM

Ian R One of the last datasets from this Rev: a wide-ang... May 29 2012, 11:25 AM

Phil Stooke "I'd be interested if anyone can tell if ... May 29 2012, 01:43 PM

jasedm Is that Mimas? Taken on 23rd May from around a mil... Jun 1 2012, 01:02 PM

jasedm A little play-around with the best Methone image -... Jun 1 2012, 05:59 PM

JohnVV --edit--- Jun 3 2012, 08:27 AM

Phil Stooke There is real detail in the darker area, in the fo... Jun 3 2012, 02:22 PM

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