MESSENGER News Thread, news, updates and discussion |
MESSENGER News Thread, news, updates and discussion |
Apr 30 2015, 09:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 599 Joined: 26-August 05 Member No.: 476 |
And so the torch passes.
To MESSENGER, hail and farewell! To Bepi Columbo, hail! Mercury awaits your coming. |
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Apr 30 2015, 09:20 PM
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#512
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
Humanity has now added to the masses of every (non-Earth) planet from Mercury to Jupiter.
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Apr 30 2015, 11:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
Last image reminds me of some of the final Ranger lunar images from the 60's.
Well done MESSENGER! Team has made it's mark in history. Craig |
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May 1 2015, 05:17 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 655 Joined: 22-January 06 Member No.: 655 |
Humanity has added now to the masses of every (non-Earth) planet from Mercury to Jupiter. That's true, and also; Eros, the Moon, Titan, and in a couple of years, Saturn also. Adding my appreciation for the MESSENGER mission which has added immeasurably to our knowledge of Mercury following Mariner 10's initial reconnaissance all those years ago. Echoing a comment up-thread, it's always a shame to lose a perfectly functioning piece of hardware when the tanks run dry - almost like pushing your faithful and well-loved car off a cliff when it runs out of fuel |
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May 1 2015, 05:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1628 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
Seems like without fuel it was destined to crash into Mercury from orbital perturbations, so was "pushing" really involved?
-------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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May 2 2015, 01:11 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 214 Joined: 30-December 05 Member No.: 628 |
Don't forget that humanity probably knocked some of the mass off of comet Tempel I.
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Jun 7 2015, 02:28 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2082 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
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Jul 6 2015, 05:53 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2082 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Missed a 'debriefing' summary of the whole mission on July 2nd, stream archived here:
http://livestream.com/viewnow/MESSENGER |
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Nov 3 2015, 06:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 568 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Silesia Member No.: 299 |
-------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html |
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Nov 3 2015, 07:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2082 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Wow! Nice work; looks almost like a landing panorama...
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Nov 3 2015, 09:29 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
In such a large amount of data is possible to find pearls as this one. That's amazing. Thanks for sharing. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Mar 9 2016, 10:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 495 Joined: 12-February 12 Member No.: 6336 |
Data from Messenger taken during the very last days of the mission have shown that the crust of Mercury contain quite more carbon than the other terrestrial planets. Full presentation of the findings at Carnegie Science.
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Jun 28 2016, 01:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 495 Joined: 12-February 12 Member No.: 6336 |
After having an in-depth look at the data from the instruments of Messenger, scientists have determined that Mercury have a composition similar to enstatite chondrites.
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Jun 28 2016, 06:25 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 890 Joined: 18-November 08 Member No.: 4489 |
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Sep 2 2016, 03:05 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 18-October 15 From: Russia Member No.: 7822 |
Hi guys.
I'm not sure if it's ok to post here some links on YouTube videos, but anyway... I created an animation of Mercury in 4K UHD using data taken by MESSENGER. Maybe some of you will find this interesting Mercury in 4K UHD -------------------- |
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