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All About Phoebe
dilo
post May 27 2005, 06:50 PM
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http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygen...9K40DU8E_0.html


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post May 27 2005, 07:05 PM
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Nice read.




Off topic: Was Phoebe fully mapped?
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post May 27 2005, 07:55 PM
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QUOTE (Decepticon @ May 27 2005, 03:05 PM)
Nice read.




Off topic: Was Phoebe fully mapped?
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I don't think so - it just got a quick, close flyby. At absolute best, only half of it would have been sunlit, but that would have required a perfect approach, with Cassini almost directly between Phoebe and The Sun.



Hm, well, fast forward a minute or two. Checking here, there is an image titled "The True Shape of Phoebe." I guess it was rotating quickly enough that Cassini was able to get a lot of images all around. Whaddayaknow.
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post May 28 2005, 03:50 PM
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Phoebe is a fast rotator, about 9 hours, so they actually got excellent images of most of the surface. One side is better than the other, but we will end up with very good maps.

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post May 29 2005, 01:15 AM
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Thats good to know!

I can't wait to see all the final maps of the moons!
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