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 Dec 22 2005, 01:07 PM
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Pluto's current distance from the Sun: ~31AU
2003 UB313's current distance from the Sun ~97AU Is an all chemical (no electric propulsion, solar sails, etc) mission to 2003 UB313 possible? I'm thinking of a travel time and spacecraft mass similar to New Horizons. Perhaps NASA's new Shuttle derived launch vehicle (payload capacity 125 metric tonnes to LEO) will be up to the task and could do this on a test flight. |
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Dec 22 2005, 03:00 PM
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But, Maximum possible speed from a flyby, and the course required for your intended target are almost certain to not be the same thing as well
 I'd have thought, if you were intent on doing a misssion out to near 100AU then you're going to have to go with Ion or even more interesting propulsion ( A solar powered Ion 'stage' to the spacecraft, ejected once prop is exhausted after perhaps 12 months of thrusting adding a few km/s to the velocity of the RTG powered spacecraft ) Doug |
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SFJCody A New Horizons Clone To 2003 Ub313? Dec 22 2005, 01:07 PM
ugordan A quick and dirty calculation shows that even with... Dec 22 2005, 01:45 PM
JRehling QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 22 2005, 05:45 AM)A quic... Dec 22 2005, 02:51 PM
ugordan QUOTE (JRehling @ Dec 22 2005, 03:51 PM)The V... Dec 22 2005, 03:05 PM SFJCody QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 22 2005, 01:45 PM)EDIT: ... Dec 22 2005, 06:40 PM ugordan QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 22 2005, 04:00 PM)I... Dec 22 2005, 03:20 PM tasp Pioneer 11 passed Jupiter at less than 30,000 KM.
... Dec 22 2005, 03:30 PM ugordan QUOTE (tasp @ Dec 22 2005, 04:30 PM)Sending c... Dec 22 2005, 04:14 PM tasp QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 22 2005, 10:14 AM)Yeah, ... Dec 22 2005, 06:47 PM ugordan QUOTE (tasp @ Dec 22 2005, 07:47 PM)Not sure ... Dec 22 2005, 07:02 PM abalone QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 23 2005, 06:02 AM)Isn... Jan 9 2006, 01:54 PM ugordan QUOTE (abalone @ Jan 9 2006, 02:54 PM)It is n... Jan 9 2006, 02:09 PM abalone QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 10 2006, 01:09 AM)I thin... Jan 9 2006, 02:29 PM SFJCody QUOTE (tasp @ Dec 22 2005, 06:47 PM)Not sure ... Dec 22 2005, 07:33 PM SFJCody This is beginning to resemble the TAU (thousand as... Dec 23 2005, 11:28 AM Comga QUOTE (SFJCody @ Dec 23 2005, 05:28 AM)This i... Dec 24 2005, 06:09 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (SFJCody @ Dec 22 2005, 08:33 PM)Why 45... Jan 9 2006, 09:48 PM helvick QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Jan 9 2006, 10:48 PM)Smalle... Jan 9 2006, 10:18 PM Ames QUOTE (helvick @ Jan 9 2006, 11:18 PM)We... Jan 16 2006, 10:30 AM ToSeek QUOTE (Ames @ Jan 16 2006, 10:30 AM)Until we ... Jan 16 2006, 07:37 PM djellison I doubt you could run any sort of Ion engine off n... Dec 22 2005, 03:32 PM um3k One thing I would like to point out is that a miss... Dec 22 2005, 03:49 PM SFJCody QUOTE (um3k @ Dec 22 2005, 03:49 PM)One thing... Dec 22 2005, 06:04 PM ugordan QUOTE (SFJCody @ Dec 22 2005, 07:04 PM)If New... Dec 22 2005, 06:17 PM SFJCody QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 22 2005, 06:17 PM)...you... Dec 22 2005, 06:25 PM ugordan Then again, newer propulsion methods will probably... Dec 22 2005, 06:35 PM Jyril QUOTE (SFJCody @ Dec 22 2005, 09:04 PM)If 200... Dec 22 2005, 06:42 PM BruceMoomaw This seems to be the type of mission that can ONLY... Dec 24 2005, 01:45 AM edstrick The "Purple Pigeons of Planetology" Wish... Dec 24 2005, 10:02 AM ilbasso At what angle and distance did Ulysses encounter J... Dec 24 2005, 10:44 PM Planet X I was looking at the planetary orbits (as viewed f... Jan 9 2006, 11:59 AM djellison Remember - MER rides most of it's DSN time on ... Jan 16 2006, 08:29 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 16 2006, 08:29 PM)Of c... Jan 16 2006, 08:35 PM djellison Ahh right - I just seem to remember them mentionin... Jan 16 2006, 08:44 PM |
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