Kodak moments at Pluto: Help requested |
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Kodak moments at Pluto: Help requested |
 May 29 2008, 10:58 PM
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 Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 29-May 08 From: Seattle, USA Member No.: 4162  |
I hope I'm not to late to be useful, but I noticed that following Nix backward in time from the date of the encounter, it drew closer and closer to Hydra. Following that all the way back to June 18, 2015 led to a close encounter, and at about 13:40 we get an interesting syzygy of all four bodies:
link Not overly spectacular, but it does have the advantage of being nearly a month before the encounter and so hopefully during a, er, less busy time.  Actually, I really just wanted the opportunity to use the word syzygy. |
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May 29 2008, 11:22 PM
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 Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1771 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
Excellent first post. Welcome aboard.
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May 30 2008, 12:08 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 29-May 08 From: Seattle, USA Member No.: 4162 |
QUOTE (helvick @ May 29 2008, 04:22 PM)  Excellent first post. Welcome aboard. Long time, first time. |
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May 30 2008, 01:17 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1259 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
looks kewl, and thanks for turning me on to the word "syzygy"
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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May 30 2008, 01:24 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2606 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
QUOTE (lyford @ May 29 2008, 08:17 PM) "syzygy" Which is perhaps one of the best words ever for six-letter-dups-allowed jotto. (The taste of defeat still rings metallic in my mouth.) -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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May 31 2008, 12:31 AM
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QUOTE (illexsquid @ May 29 2008, 11:58 PM) ... and at about 13:40 we get an interesting syzygy of all four bodies: Cool! We might give that one a shot. Thanks, John. |
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May 31 2008, 01:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 29-June 05 Member No.: 421 |
QUOTE (john_s @ May 30 2008, 07:31 PM) Cool! We might give that one a shot. :^) For outreach purposes just being able to have "Syzygy" as the headline word may be enough to pick up a little extra distribution. It really is a cool word! |
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May 31 2008, 02:58 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 6481 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Gotta be careful, though. Last time I said the word "syzygy" to someone, the response I got was "gesundheit"....
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jun 3 2008, 03:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 6481 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
John, has the team made any Kodak shot selections yet? (I'm rooting for the syzygy!)
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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 Jun 4 2008, 12:47 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 508 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
Nothing definite yet. We are having a "feasibility review" next week where we see whether we can meet all our prime science goals given available resources, so we have a draft timeline which does not yet include specifically "Kodak" images (though of course every image we take will be awesomely beautiful :-) ). We'll add the "Kodak" images, or tweak existing images to meet "Kodak" goals, once we see what resources are left. Observations a long time from closest approach, like the syzygy one, are of course easier to add, so that one has a relatively good chance for reasons in addition to its cool name.
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May 14 2010, 11:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 6481 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Sorry for the resurrection here, but this very thread was mentioned prominently in an excellent NH article by Alan in the June 2010 issue of Sky & Telescope. Dr. Stern also referred to some of our members as "advanced amateur planetary scientists"-- high praise indeed!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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May 30 2010, 08:08 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 29-May 08 From: Seattle, USA Member No.: 4162 |
When I read that article on the bus I so wanted to turn to the strangers next me and brag, "I posted to that thread!!!!" But I'm sure I was a lot more excited than they would be.
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