Mission To Sedna, space mission to sedna |
Mission To Sedna, space mission to sedna |
Jan 13 2008, 12:51 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 27-September 07 From: Tampere, Finland Member No.: 3919 |
I have tried to search but could not see any serious planning of sending a fly-by mission to Sedna. Does anyone have any info if the scientific community is planning such...?
In my opinion, Sedna would be very interesting target, far more interesting than any KBO etc. The fact that it spends most of the time outside heliopause under the influence of cosmic rays during aphelion could reveal some interesting results and also the reddish colour it has might be worth investigating. And good for us, at the moment it is approaching its closest point to Sun on its orbit, so mission to Sedna would not be such a big effort if done e.g. a'la NH with Jupiter gravity assist...? Maybe possible NH2 could be sent that direction.......? Any comments, any info? Especially the fact that it is a body from outside the heliopause, could that add some interest towards it? -------------------- Spamming the Solar System with greetings since 1997!
(New Horizons, Huygens, Opportunity/Spirit, Deep Impact, Dawn, Phoenix, Selene... to name a few) :) |
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Jan 13 2008, 09:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
We had a 'what missions would you like to see' - type thread some time ago and I included Sedna in my list. I agree it's important, but to make it worthwhile I'd want to be fairly sure that the mission could definitively answer the question Did Sedna condense from the same solar nebula as the rest of the planets, or did it originate elsewhere? I think I suggested multiple impactors and spectral analysis of the resulting debris.
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