2010 Highlights |
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2010 Highlights |
 Jan 25 2010, 02:24 PM
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I've just noticed that the tour highlights for (all of) 2010 have now been posted on the Cassini website.
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/ |
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Jan 25 2010, 03:05 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 6-March 07 From: texas Member No.: 1828 |
QUOTE (ngunn @ Jan 25 2010, 08:24 AM)  I've just noticed that the tour highlights for (all of) 2010 have now been posted on the Cassini website. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/ en exciting year! the list neglect to mention the first close pass of Mimas (and Herschel) on Feb 13, and several other close satellite passes as well. -------------------- Dr. Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston TX
http://stereomoons.blogspot.com; http://www.youtube.com/galsat400; http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/schenk/ |
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Jan 25 2010, 03:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2929 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Talking of the Cassini website I would expect following past precedent that there would be a CHARM presentation tomorrow. The powerpoints for these are usually posted a few days in advance but nothing has appeared so far. Anyone know if there is to be a CHARM this week and if so what it's about?
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Jan 25 2010, 03:37 PM
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 Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Moderator Posts: 4041 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Very exciting, although I'm surprised February's Mimas flyby isn't mentioned.
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Jan 25 2010, 04:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 301 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Québec, Canada Member No.: 3908 |
Did you notice the two Enceladus flybys on Nov. 30 and Dec. 21 at 51 km!! (drool, drool)
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Jan 25 2010, 04:08 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
51km?!?!?! Wow, what a Christmas present that promises to be...!
 Will the images be pin-sharp as the last ones, or will that low altitude mean a lot of smearing?
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Jan 25 2010, 04:15 PM
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Isn't the illumination fading too... but I trust the team will deliver, ooh, say, another set of images to go down in history...
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Jan 25 2010, 05:05 PM
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 Bloggette par Excellence Group: Admin Posts: 3963 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 25 2010, 08:08 AM) 51km?!?!?! Wow, what a Christmas present that promises to be...! Will the images be pin-sharp as the last ones, or will that low altitude mean a lot of smearing?I would assume that at C/A during such a close flyby it be the fields and particles instruments in control of the spacecraft, scooping up plume stuff, but I don't know for sure. Enceladus flybys are so fast. -------------------- |
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Jan 25 2010, 05:06 PM
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Bloggette par Excellence Group: Admin Posts: 3963 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
QUOTE (eoincampbell @ Jan 25 2010, 08:15 AM) Isn't the illumination fading too... but I trust the team will deliver, ooh, say, another set of images to go down in history... There's plenty of illumination on everything but the south pole; at south pole (if, in fact, these flybys give them a view of the south pole), it'll actually be interesting to see the thermal emission from the vents without direct sunlight interfering. -------------------- |
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Jan 25 2010, 05:46 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2817 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
51 km? Bah, we've gone lower than that ;-)
Paul, the Mimas flyby probably wasn't mentioned because the C/A altitude was above some cut-off or something. Needless to say, plenty of images are planned... -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Jan 25 2010, 06:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2929 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
QUOTE (ngunn @ Jan 25 2010, 03:18 PM) CHARM this week and if so what it's about? And there's the answer now: "Cassini's Auroral Observing Program". |
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Jan 25 2010, 07:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 6-March 07 From: texas Member No.: 1828 |
wasnt complaining about Mimas, just noting for others. the list includes two passes at 50000 km and mimas is a lot closer (4000km i think) so it must have been an oversite. just so long as they dont forget to take pix!
seeing the floor of Hershcel at hi res will hopefully be worth the wait. all indications are that it is not an old crater. -------------------- Dr. Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston TX
http://stereomoons.blogspot.com; http://www.youtube.com/galsat400; http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/schenk/ |
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Jan 25 2010, 07:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 118 Joined: 18-November 07 Member No.: 3964 |
Of course, one has to remember that those low-altitude flybys will happen during XXM, which, if I'm not mistaking, isn't officially approved yet.
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Feb 3 2010, 04:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2929 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
QUOTE (ngunn @ Jan 25 2010, 06:58 PM) And there's the answer now: "Cassini's Auroral Observing Program". January CHARM PDF presentations are now available. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/video/products/...aProductsCharm/ |
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