Rev 127 - Feb 22-Mar 12, 2010 - Rhea R2 and Helene, Also distant Iapetus |
Rev 127 - Feb 22-Mar 12, 2010 - Rhea R2 and Helene, Also distant Iapetus |
Feb 20 2010, 04:29 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Holy moly are these back-to-back flybys of Rhea and Helene going to ROCK!!!! Jason's Rev 127 looking ahead article has all the details. Wispy terrain high-res mosaic -- close look at putative impact sites of former ring particles -- MIMI attempt to confirm presence of Rhea ring -- Imaging of pretty much all of Helene using Saturnshine to illuminate sub-Saturn hemisphere on approach, sunshine on anti-Saturn hemisphere on departure -- departure shots will be against Saturn as a backdrop -- C/A shots will use skeet shoot technique derived for Encelauds -- etc. etc. --
I can't wait!! Thanks Jason for the preview!!! -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Mar 15 2010, 10:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
Rhea encounter... " At a science meeting Friday (03/05/10?), we talked about a few of the preliminary results. Some of the magnetospheric and plasma science instruments teams reported that they’re seeing some really interesting and surprising results! So stay tuned to hear more about those!" Amanda Hendrix http://blogs.jpl.nasa.gov/?p=64 Craig |
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Mar 16 2010, 09:11 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Some of the magnetospheric and plasma science instruments teams reported that they’re seeing some really interesting and surprising results! Ahh, so the Monolith is there! I wondered where that thing went... -------------------- |
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