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 Oct 29 2005, 07:44 AM
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From 10/15/05. I didn't see it posted elsewhere, my apologies if this duplicating bandwidth...
 Eric P / MizarKey -------------------- Eric P / MizarKey
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Oct 29 2005, 01:25 PM
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Tethys??
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Oct 31 2005, 12:02 PM
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The smaller one is Enceladus and the larger one is indeed Tethys
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Dec 5 2005, 09:46 PM
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Yet another really nice "close encounter" sequence between two moons seen by Cassini:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...eiImageID=55879 I don't have the capability of creating an animated gif... but if anyone is up to it, it should be a good one. 
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Dec 6 2005, 07:53 AM
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I know from the raw image caption that one of the moons (the one in the foreground, it looks like to me) is Rhea. What's the other one? Dione?
-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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Dec 6 2005, 10:33 AM
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Yes. It's Dione.
12/05 at about 3:57 UT -------------------- - blue_scape / Nico -
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Dec 12 2005, 12:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
That's really a big sequence. I found the time for the GIF, but used not all - only 24 frames: (550 KB) http://www.greuti.ch/cassini/eclipse_rhea-dione.gif
If you look closely, Rhea shows a little rotation. Sadly the distance is around 2,4 million kilometres. -------------------- |
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Dec 12 2005, 05:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Central California Member No.: 45 |
Excellent animation Tman!
Eric P / MizarKey -------------------- Eric P / MizarKey
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