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 Jul 8 2005, 04:24 AM
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Six days to go until Enceladus flyby ( E2? ) at 175 km
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Jul 8 2005, 11:26 AM
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We also get NT encounters. I hope we get those images also.
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Jul 8 2005, 03:56 PM
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I should be posting my E2 preview either today (maybe...) or early next week on my blog.
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Jul 12 2005, 01:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
That E2 preview is now online:
http://volcanopele.blogspot.com/2005/07/en...her-rev-11.html -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Jul 14 2005, 06:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
21000 km to Enceladus
 Can't wait to see the images tomorrow -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Jul 14 2005, 07:01 PM
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QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jul 14 2005, 08:17 PM) Can't wait to see the images tomorrow  Yep  I have my panorama software ready and waiting  Let's hope that the rawimages website won't suffer from the Red Cross Disease again 
-------------------- PDP, VAX and Alpha fanatic ; HP-Compaq is the Satan! ; Let us pray daily while facing Maynard! ; Life starts at 150 km/h ;
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Jul 14 2005, 10:23 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1688 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
Should be neat to see the images. I have been watching using Celestia to visualize the view of Enceladus from Cassini's vantage point. It is running with a real-time animation using a version of my Enceladus map.
-------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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Jul 14 2005, 11:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1279 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
I don't expect anything till monday. When an encouter falls so close to the weekend we get plauged by the red x problem.
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Jul 15 2005, 08:31 PM
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Update on the Cassini website:
Enceladus Flyby Update The Cassini spacecraft conducted its closest flyby yet, coming within 175 kilometers (109 miles) from the surface of Enceladus. Data collected is currently being downloaded. Raw images are expected to appear on this web site at around 10 p.m. PDT. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
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Jul 16 2005, 12:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Jul 16 2005, 04:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
From 545 kilometers
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Jul 16 2005, 05:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
actually, that's distance to target center so the altitude is actually 295 km
 2 m/pixel -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Jul 16 2005, 05:20 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 19-February 05 Member No.: 171 |
QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jul 16 2005, 12:05 AM)  WOW!!! Why are the boulders so rounded and what are those dark holes!!!
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Jul 16 2005, 05:21 AM
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Is that Enceladus or a block of London flats after The Blitz?
Fascinating right angles, there... -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Jul 16 2005, 06:52 AM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jul 16 2005, 05:21 AM) Is that Enceladus or a block of London flats after The Blitz? Fascinating right angles, there... -the other Doug Wow. This terrain looks strikingly similar to Europa. |
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