Iapetus Far-Encounter between March 25 and April 18 2006 |
Unmanned Spaceflight.com > Outer Solar System > Saturn > Cassini Huygens > Cassini's ongoing mission and raw imagesIapetus Far-Encounter between March 25 and April 18 2006 |
  Mar 14 2006, 01:04 PM
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First of all, again the two existing encounter animations:
Animation 1 Animation 2 Nearest approach:  Resolution about 3,6 km/pxl. And some pre-info about upcoming encounters: 2006 Mar 25 to Apr 18: Apr 11 - 602.412 km; 14-3.6 km/pxl; medium to high phase, southern hemisphere as crescent 2006 Jun 17 to 27: Jun 23 - 1.343.000 km; 14-8.1 km/pxl; medium to low phase, sub-Saturn hemisphere 2006 Sep 08 to 09: Sep 02 - 1.816.000 km; ~20 km/pxl; zero phase (3 to 0.05 deg), sub-Saturn 2006 Nov 26: 1.997.000 km; 12 km/pxl; very low phase, sub-Saturn 2007 Feb 12 to 15: Feb 14 - 2.249.000 km; ~14 km/pxl; sub-Saturn; very low phase and eclipse 2007 Apr 14: 2.256.000 km 2007 Jun 22: 1.817.000 km; ~14 km/pxl; med. phase, trailing side 2007 Sep 03 to 09: 8.6-0.7 km/pxl; very high phase, western Cassini Regio 2007 Sep 10: 480-10-540 m/pxl; targeted flyby, trailing side 2007 Sep 11 to 17: 0.7-7.1 km/pxl; low phase (~33 deg) trailing side 2007 Sep 27: 15 km/pxl, low phase sub-Saturn+trailing side 2007 Nov 26: 1.371.000 km; 8.2 km/pxl; very high phase, north pole, possibly graylight 2008 Feb 13: 2.045.000 km; 14 km/pxl; high phase, north pole, possibly graylight Days around Sep 10 belong to the targeted fly-by in about 1000 km distance, others will only be some OPNAVs. Bye. |
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Mar 19 2006, 06:59 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 28-September 05 From: Orion arm Member No.: 516 |
Many thanks for the advices on converting the Iapetus-map from 0° to 180° center.
I will try when time allows... Back to Iapetus... ...I found these two 'old' Cassini images back from July 19, 2004:
Distance: ~ 2.9 Mio. km Resolution: 17 km/pxl A first hint on what we'll see in the upcoming far-encounter. Visible is the bright southern rim of the big bassin in eastern CR and the polar region with a large amount of craters below. Actually what is the dark curved structure parallel to the terminator? The eastern rim of another big bassin? There also seems to be a greater structure - possibly a crater - left to the terminator south of this dark bow. Bye. |
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Mar 22 2006, 09:27 PM
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QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Mar 19 2006, 06:59 PM)  Many thanks for the advices on converting the Iapetus-map from 0° to 180° center. I will try when time allows... Back to Iapetus... ...I found these two 'old' Cassini images back from July 19, 2004:
Distance: ~ 2.9 Mio. km Resolution: 17 km/pxl Yes...that is a sequence from slightly farther out than the one I used to make this super-res view I posted a while back. 
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TritonAntares Iapetus Far-Encounter between March 25 and April 18 2006 Mar 14 2006, 01:04 PM
TritonAntares QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Mar 14 2006, 02:04... Mar 17 2006, 10:28 AM
angel1801 QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Mar 17 2006, 07:58... Mar 17 2006, 01:16 PM scalbers Hi all,
It's true I use a map convention that... Mar 17 2006, 07:24 PM angel1801 QUOTE (scalbers @ Mar 18 2006, 04:54 AM) ... Mar 18 2006, 12:43 PM helvick QUOTE (angel1801 @ Mar 18 2006, 12:43 PM)... Mar 18 2006, 02:29 PM scalbers Angel1801,
It turns out that the 'convert... Mar 18 2006, 02:54 PM Phil Stooke If you need to switch between maps centred at 0 an... Mar 18 2006, 06:27 PM um3k QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Mar 18 2006, 01:27 P... Mar 19 2006, 04:51 AM TritonAntares QUOTE (um3k @ Mar 19 2006, 05:51 AM) You ... Mar 20 2006, 11:03 PM edstrick I flipped the meridians in an Iapetus map a while ... Mar 19 2006, 12:24 PM TritonAntares The first Iapetus image of the upcoming far-encoun... Mar 23 2006, 10:33 AM TritonAntares QUOTE (tedstryk @ Mar 22 2006, 10:27 PM) ... Mar 24 2006, 11:25 AM tedstryk QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Mar 24 2006, 11:25... Mar 24 2006, 02:13 PM scalbers Interesting images from back in 2004. I'll hav... Mar 20 2006, 08:31 PM Decepticon To lazy to to check, is Iapetus in a proper orbit ... Mar 23 2006, 01:55 PM ugordan QUOTE (Decepticon @ Mar 23 2006, 02:55 PM... Mar 23 2006, 02:03 PM scalbers I did a Celestia run for July 2004 and found that ... Mar 24 2006, 06:56 PM TritonAntares QUOTE (scalbers @ Mar 24 2006, 07:56 PM) ... Mar 24 2006, 10:01 PM Decepticon Images stared coming in... http://saturn.jpl.nasa.... Mar 27 2006, 01:09 PM TritonAntares Hi,
yes, the first 18 images arrived.
Here two tak... Mar 27 2006, 02:05 PM TritonAntares Hi,
another 9 images were published.
Here one take... Mar 28 2006, 06:24 PM TritonAntares Hi,
Here a Iapetus picture gallery from the German... Mar 29 2006, 11:26 AM TritonAntares Hi,
ever seen this series?
This enormous southern... Mar 30 2006, 07:54 AM TritonAntares Hello,
another 9 images arrived from CASSINI.
Here... Mar 30 2006, 06:15 PM TritonAntares Hi,
another 10 far-distance images were taken from... Apr 1 2006, 10:02 AM TritonAntares So,
another 10 far-distance images arrived lately.... Apr 3 2006, 03:53 PM TritonAntares Hello,
another 11 Iapetus far-distance images have... Apr 5 2006, 05:05 PM Michael Capobianco QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Apr 5 2006, 01:05 ... Apr 5 2006, 06:16 PM TritonAntares Hi,
the rest of the April 4th Iapetus image series... Apr 6 2006, 03:13 PM TritonAntares So,
one lonely Iapetus images was released lately:... Apr 7 2006, 01:45 PM angel1801 I checked the raw images just a few minutes ago. I... Apr 8 2006, 01:56 PM angel1801 QUOTE (angel1801 @ Apr 8 2006, 11:26 PM) ... Apr 9 2006, 05:11 AM TritonAntares QUOTE (angel1801 @ Apr 9 2006, 07:11 AM) ... Apr 9 2006, 11:15 AM TritonAntares So,
CASSINI broadcasted 21 more Iapetus images.
F... Apr 10 2006, 02:41 PM Michael Capobianco If the northern "blue" basin rim interse... Apr 10 2006, 03:41 PM TritonAntares QUOTE (Michael Capobianco @ Apr 10 2006, 05... Apr 10 2006, 06:46 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (Michael Capobianco @ Apr 10 2006, 03... Apr 11 2006, 02:21 AM Michael Capobianco QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 10 2006, 10:21 P... Apr 11 2006, 04:05 AM angel1801 QUOTE (angel1801 @ Apr 9 2006, 02:41 PM) ... Apr 10 2006, 12:31 PM ugordan QUOTE (angel1801 @ Apr 10 2006, 01:31 PM)... Apr 10 2006, 12:38 PM angel1801 QUOTE (ugordan @ Apr 10 2006, 10:08 PM) I... Apr 10 2006, 01:37 PM TritonAntares Hi,
this time some more Iapetus images (altogether... Apr 8 2006, 08:13 PM TritonAntares Hi again,
after a second look at the latest Iapetu... Apr 8 2006, 09:14 PM TritonAntares Hi,
yes, the next 18 images arrived.
Here two take... Apr 2 2006, 06:56 PM Decepticon Those night side images are just breath taking... Mar 30 2006, 01:19 AM BruceMoomaw Keep in mind that they're NOT the nightside; t... Mar 30 2006, 02:41 AM tedstryk QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Mar 30 2006, 02:41 A... Mar 30 2006, 03:12 AM mchan QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Mar 29 2006, 06:41 P... Mar 30 2006, 04:21 AM Rob Pinnegar This distant flyby could turn out to be pretty int... Apr 1 2006, 04:20 PM Michael Capobianco QUOTE (Rob Pinnegar @ Apr 1 2006, 11:20 A... Apr 1 2006, 05:41 PM Rob Pinnegar QUOTE (Michael Capobianco @ Apr 1 2006, 10... Apr 1 2006, 06:07 PM TritonAntares QUOTE (Rob Pinnegar @ Apr 1 2006, 06:20 P... Apr 1 2006, 08:26 PM Michael Capobianco [quote name='TritonAntares' date='Apr ... Apr 1 2006, 08:50 PM TritonAntares Hello!QUOTE The ridge you highlight appears to... Apr 1 2006, 10:48 PM Michael Capobianco QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Apr 1 2006, 05:48 ... Apr 2 2006, 03:18 AM ugordan QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Apr 1 2006, 11:48 ... Apr 2 2006, 10:34 AM TritonAntares QUOTE (ugordan @ Apr 2 2006, 12:34 PM) Th... Apr 2 2006, 01:15 PM scalbers Yes I agree the white line on the E edge of CR is ... Apr 2 2006, 12:51 AM Decepticon Raws are up for April 1,2006 Apr 2 2006, 02:07 PM Phil Stooke This is the latest view of Iapetus. It's a co... Apr 3 2006, 02:08 AM Rob Pinnegar Hey, what's that white curve-shaped feature ne... Apr 3 2006, 05:23 AM ugordan QUOTE (Rob Pinnegar @ Apr 3 2006, 06:23 A... Apr 3 2006, 07:17 AM TritonAntares QUOTE (Rob Pinnegar @ Apr 3 2006, 07:23 A... Apr 3 2006, 02:21 PM Decepticon At first glance it looked like a chain of craters? Apr 3 2006, 12:32 PM Phil Stooke Another view of Iapetus from the latest sequence. ... Apr 3 2006, 01:32 PM BruceMoomaw Dennis Matson will have a paper at May's AGU m... Apr 6 2006, 12:27 AM Phil Stooke The trick then becomes explaining the lack of ridg... Apr 6 2006, 01:24 AM Michael Capobianco Actually, I was referring to the little curvilinea... Apr 6 2006, 04:03 AM Rob Pinnegar For what my opinion might be worth, the aluminum-2... Apr 6 2006, 03:02 PM tasp A thought experiment:
Get a very precise cannon, ... Apr 6 2006, 03:03 PM Michael Capobianco So we have exogenous and endogenous theories for t... Apr 6 2006, 03:19 PM Bob Shaw The flaw in the 'bowling ball' theory is t... Apr 6 2006, 03:34 PM TritonAntares QUOTE (Michael Capobianco @ Apr 6 2006, 05... Apr 6 2006, 07:54 PM tasp Laplace worked out the scenario for getting all th... Apr 6 2006, 05:08 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (tasp @ Apr 6 2006, 06:08 PM) Of al... Apr 6 2006, 05:47 PM tasp Thanx for the picture, nice to see the ridge right... Apr 6 2006, 11:59 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (tasp @ Apr 6 2006, 11:59 PM) I am ... Apr 7 2006, 01:34 AM TritonAntares QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 7 2006, 03:34 AM... Apr 7 2006, 10:21 AM BruceMoomaw The best summaries of the views of Matson, Jonatha... Apr 7 2006, 03:39 AM nprev Hmm. Almost makes you wonder if Enceladus was simi... Apr 7 2006, 05:32 AM BruceMoomaw Actually, Castillo et al are thinking of precisely... Apr 7 2006, 05:50 AM tasp My thoughts on 'the good old days' on Iape... Apr 7 2006, 02:39 PM Steve G QUOTE (tasp @ Apr 7 2006, 07:39 AM) My th... Apr 8 2006, 05:48 PM Decepticon Wow, I didn't notice the second basin! Apr 8 2006, 10:36 PM alan I brightened the image The right side of green ... Apr 8 2006, 11:55 PM Phil Stooke Here is the latest view... two images stacked. I ... Apr 9 2006, 02:41 PM Decepticon Phil what program did you use to stack the images? Apr 9 2006, 03:40 PM Phil Stooke I do everything in Photoshop.
Phil Apr 9 2006, 03:45 PM Decepticon Here is my best atemped. Apr 9 2006, 04:13 PM TritonAntares QUOTE (Decepticon @ Apr 9 2006, 06:13 PM)... Apr 9 2006, 05:28 PM Phil Stooke Nice. What I did differently was to make feathere... Apr 9 2006, 04:25 PM Rob Pinnegar A stereo pair might help determine whether that ... Apr 9 2006, 04:37 PM Rob Pinnegar I wouldn't mind seeing some of those "dig... Apr 10 2006, 04:38 AM Rob Pinnegar Yes, that's right. Remember that Saturnshine c... Apr 10 2006, 01:22 PM Decepticon Another try at it.
Tricky to bring detail out wit... Apr 11 2006, 02:03 AM Phil Stooke The latest Iapetus view... composite of two images... Apr 11 2006, 03:16 AM Big_Gazza Seems odd that most of the Iapetus images seem to ... Apr 11 2006, 09:52 AM |
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