Good timing, Vega occultation |
Good timing, Vega occultation |
Mar 22 2014, 05:32 PM
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Just an 'in-passing' comment about the accuracy of pointing, and exquisite knowledge of the position of Cassini in the Saturn-system on the part of mission engineers:
This image is a single ISS image (not one of a series) of the star (I think) Vega. It's obviously been timed to capture Vega whilst visible through the Keeler gap. Keeler gap = 35km wide Distance of Cassini from Saturn's rings at the time = 830,000km Cassini's speed: 5-6km per second The power of mathematics - amazing. |
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Mar 23 2014, 10:03 PM
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