Rosetta's Earth Swing-by, 13th November, 2007 |
Rosetta's Earth Swing-by, 13th November, 2007 |
Oct 19 2007, 01:32 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
"Yesterday, 18 October at 18:06 CEST, the thrusters of ESA’s comet chaser, Rosetta, were fired in a planned, 42-second trajectory correction manoeuvre designed to 'fine tune' the spacecraft's approach to Earth. Rosetta is now approaching Earth for its second planetary swing-by of 2007."
From here. Maybe it is time to start a new thread... Get out of the way, Rosetta is coming to visit us at full speed! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 19 2007, 01:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Cool. I can't wait to NOT get more great images from Rosetta...
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Oct 19 2007, 01:53 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Cool. I can't wait to NOT get more great images from Rosetta... Oh yes...I forgot that a complaineorit shower takes place around each Rosetta Swing-by... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 19 2007, 02:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
Wow! Maybe I missed it - But I hadn't seen the stunning Philae image of Mars+Rosetta before!
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Oct 19 2007, 02:12 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Wow! Maybe I missed it - But I hadn't seen the stunning Philae image of Mars+Rosetta before! I presume you were taking vacations at Saturn by then... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 19 2007, 02:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
Well, New Zealand - similar but with fewer rings.
I've found that thread now so i can catch up - silly me thinking that that there wouldn't be any images from the flyby yet, being that it's still the same year. # -------------------- |
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Oct 20 2007, 11:23 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 146 Joined: 23-August 06 From: Vriezenveen, Netherlands Member No.: 1067 |
Isn't Rosetta the first spacecraft to visit Mars and then Earth again?
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Oct 20 2007, 11:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Isn't Rosetta the first spacecraft to visit Mars and then Earth again? I believe it is. -------------------- |
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Oct 20 2007, 03:14 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I don't know what their release plans are but they do at least plan to take some good photos. I asked Gerhard Schwehm and he said that he'd get back to me with specifics, but broadly speaking, "OSIRIS will observe at approach briefly the night side of the Earth and after perigee will make observations of the Earth and the Moon under the more favourable lighting conditions having the Sun in the back."
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Oct 21 2007, 12:36 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Does anyone know anything about the geometry of the lunar imaging? I recall that it will be fairly distant, but I am not sure if it is near side or far side.
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Oct 21 2007, 05:29 PM
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Oct 21 2007, 08:04 PM
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Well, New Zealand - similar but with fewer rings. Unlike Rosetta's I guess your pictures were... All... Black... -------------------- |
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Nov 5 2007, 11:10 AM
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Here goes!
1) Science plans for Rosetta’s Earth flyby : http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001216/ 2) Yet another illustrations to the article above - groundtrack and simulated views : |
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Nov 9 2007, 03:37 AM
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Please note that the Minor Planet Center's official designation for Rosetta is asteroid 2007 VN84
2007 VN84 Editorial Notice |
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Nov 9 2007, 04:11 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Funny! Thanks for pointing that out.
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