24 Themis a possible new candidate for a mission? |
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24 Themis a possible new candidate for a mission? |
 Oct 12 2009, 11:17 AM
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Mods, please remove this if its been mentioned elsewhere.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009DPS....41.3205C Water seems to be popping up everywhere. P |
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Oct 12 2009, 08:22 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
QUOTE (antipode @ Oct 12 2009, 12:17 PM)  Water seems to be popping up everywhere. Nice free paper on that subject: http://www.gps.caltech.edu/classes/ge133/r...ints/sec8-8.pdf |
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Nov 1 2009, 12:56 PM
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yeah I was thinking it would be a mission, is anyone working on it?
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Nov 1 2009, 01:08 PM
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I'm not sure I understand why Themis would be a good target for a mission. It has water, yes, but so do a lot of other solar system bodies. While Themis may be interesting, I would think it's a bit far down the list of mission targets.
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Nov 1 2009, 09:15 PM
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A mission to a water rich asteroid (in addition to Dawn's visit to Ceres) is a high priority for the Small Bodies science community.
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