Iapetus Far-Encounter between March 25 and April 18 2006

Iapetus Far-Encounter between March 25 and April 18 2006

TritonAntares View Member Profile	Mar 14 2006, 01:04 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 28-September 05 From: Orion arm Member No.: 516	First of all, again the two existing encounter animations: Animation 1 Animation 2 Nearest approach: Resolution about 3,6 km/pxl. And some pre-info about upcoming encounters: 2006 Mar 25 to Apr 18: Apr 11 - 602.412 km; 14-3.6 km/pxl; medium to high phase, southern hemisphere as crescent 2006 Jun 17 to 27: Jun 23 - 1.343.000 km; 14-8.1 km/pxl; medium to low phase, sub-Saturn hemisphere 2006 Sep 08 to 09: Sep 02 - 1.816.000 km; ~20 km/pxl; zero phase (3 to 0.05 deg), sub-Saturn 2006 Nov 26: 1.997.000 km; 12 km/pxl; very low phase, sub-Saturn 2007 Feb 12 to 15: Feb 14 - 2.249.000 km; ~14 km/pxl; sub-Saturn; very low phase and eclipse 2007 Apr 14: 2.256.000 km 2007 Jun 22: 1.817.000 km; ~14 km/pxl; med. phase, trailing side 2007 Sep 03 to 09: 8.6-0.7 km/pxl; very high phase, western Cassini Regio 2007 Sep 10: 480-10-540 m/pxl; targeted flyby, trailing side 2007 Sep 11 to 17: 0.7-7.1 km/pxl; low phase (~33 deg) trailing side 2007 Sep 27: 15 km/pxl, low phase sub-Saturn+trailing side 2007 Nov 26: 1.371.000 km; 8.2 km/pxl; very high phase, north pole, possibly graylight 2008 Feb 13: 2.045.000 km; 14 km/pxl; high phase, north pole, possibly graylight Days around Sep 10 belong to the targeted fly-by in about 1000 km distance, others will only be some OPNAVs. Bye.

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Phil Stooke

Apr 9 2006, 02:41 PM

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Here is the latest view... two images stacked. I wouldn't rule out the possibility of another basin, but the important thing is to check back through images from all the other flybys to see it in different viewing and illumination conditions.

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TritonAntares Iapetus Far-Encounter between March 25 and April 18 2006 Mar 14 2006, 01:04 PM

TritonAntares QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Mar 14 2006, 02:04... Mar 17 2006, 10:28 AM

angel1801 QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Mar 17 2006, 07:58... Mar 17 2006, 01:16 PM

scalbers Hi all, It's true I use a map convention that... Mar 17 2006, 07:24 PM

angel1801 QUOTE (scalbers @ Mar 18 2006, 04:54 AM) ... Mar 18 2006, 12:43 PM

helvick QUOTE (angel1801 @ Mar 18 2006, 12:43 PM)... Mar 18 2006, 02:29 PM

scalbers Angel1801, It turns out that the 'convert... Mar 18 2006, 02:54 PM

Phil Stooke If you need to switch between maps centred at 0 an... Mar 18 2006, 06:27 PM

um3k QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Mar 18 2006, 01:27 P... Mar 19 2006, 04:51 AM

TritonAntares QUOTE (um3k @ Mar 19 2006, 05:51 AM) You ... Mar 20 2006, 11:03 PM

edstrick I flipped the meridians in an Iapetus map a while ... Mar 19 2006, 12:24 PM

TritonAntares Many thanks for the advices on converting the Iape... Mar 19 2006, 06:59 PM

tedstryk QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Mar 19 2006, 06:59... Mar 22 2006, 09:27 PM

TritonAntares The first Iapetus image of the upcoming far-encoun... Mar 23 2006, 10:33 AM

TritonAntares QUOTE (tedstryk @ Mar 22 2006, 10:27 PM) ... Mar 24 2006, 11:25 AM

tedstryk QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Mar 24 2006, 11:25... Mar 24 2006, 02:13 PM

scalbers Interesting images from back in 2004. I'll hav... Mar 20 2006, 08:31 PM

Decepticon To lazy to to check, is Iapetus in a proper orbit ... Mar 23 2006, 01:55 PM

ugordan QUOTE (Decepticon @ Mar 23 2006, 02:55 PM... Mar 23 2006, 02:03 PM

scalbers I did a Celestia run for July 2004 and found that ... Mar 24 2006, 06:56 PM

TritonAntares QUOTE (scalbers @ Mar 24 2006, 07:56 PM) ... Mar 24 2006, 10:01 PM

Decepticon Images stared coming in... http://saturn.jpl.nasa.... Mar 27 2006, 01:09 PM

TritonAntares Hi, yes, the first 18 images arrived. Here two tak... Mar 27 2006, 02:05 PM

TritonAntares Hi, another 9 images were published. Here one take... Mar 28 2006, 06:24 PM

TritonAntares Hi, Here a Iapetus picture gallery from the German... Mar 29 2006, 11:26 AM

TritonAntares Hi, ever seen this series? This enormous southern... Mar 30 2006, 07:54 AM

TritonAntares Hello, another 9 images arrived from CASSINI. Here... Mar 30 2006, 06:15 PM

TritonAntares Hi, another 10 far-distance images were taken from... Apr 1 2006, 10:02 AM

TritonAntares So, another 10 far-distance images arrived lately.... Apr 3 2006, 03:53 PM

TritonAntares Hello, another 11 Iapetus far-distance images have... Apr 5 2006, 05:05 PM

Michael Capobianco QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Apr 5 2006, 01:05 ... Apr 5 2006, 06:16 PM

TritonAntares Hi, the rest of the April 4th Iapetus image series... Apr 6 2006, 03:13 PM

TritonAntares So, one lonely Iapetus images was released lately:... Apr 7 2006, 01:45 PM

angel1801 I checked the raw images just a few minutes ago. I... Apr 8 2006, 01:56 PM

angel1801 QUOTE (angel1801 @ Apr 8 2006, 11:26 PM) ... Apr 9 2006, 05:11 AM

TritonAntares QUOTE (angel1801 @ Apr 9 2006, 07:11 AM) ... Apr 9 2006, 11:15 AM

TritonAntares So, CASSINI broadcasted 21 more Iapetus images. F... Apr 10 2006, 02:41 PM

Michael Capobianco If the northern "blue" basin rim interse... Apr 10 2006, 03:41 PM

TritonAntares QUOTE (Michael Capobianco @ Apr 10 2006, 05... Apr 10 2006, 06:46 PM

BruceMoomaw QUOTE (Michael Capobianco @ Apr 10 2006, 03... Apr 11 2006, 02:21 AM

Michael Capobianco QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 10 2006, 10:21 P... Apr 11 2006, 04:05 AM

angel1801 QUOTE (angel1801 @ Apr 9 2006, 02:41 PM) ... Apr 10 2006, 12:31 PM

ugordan QUOTE (angel1801 @ Apr 10 2006, 01:31 PM)... Apr 10 2006, 12:38 PM

angel1801 QUOTE (ugordan @ Apr 10 2006, 10:08 PM) I... Apr 10 2006, 01:37 PM

TritonAntares Hi, this time some more Iapetus images (altogether... Apr 8 2006, 08:13 PM

TritonAntares Hi again, after a second look at the latest Iapetu... Apr 8 2006, 09:14 PM

TritonAntares Hi, yes, the next 18 images arrived. Here two take... Apr 2 2006, 06:56 PM

Decepticon Those night side images are just breath taking... Mar 30 2006, 01:19 AM

BruceMoomaw Keep in mind that they're NOT the nightside; t... Mar 30 2006, 02:41 AM

tedstryk QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Mar 30 2006, 02:41 A... Mar 30 2006, 03:12 AM

mchan QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Mar 29 2006, 06:41 P... Mar 30 2006, 04:21 AM

Rob Pinnegar This distant flyby could turn out to be pretty int... Apr 1 2006, 04:20 PM

Michael Capobianco QUOTE (Rob Pinnegar @ Apr 1 2006, 11:20 A... Apr 1 2006, 05:41 PM

Rob Pinnegar QUOTE (Michael Capobianco @ Apr 1 2006, 10... Apr 1 2006, 06:07 PM

TritonAntares QUOTE (Rob Pinnegar @ Apr 1 2006, 06:20 P... Apr 1 2006, 08:26 PM

Michael Capobianco [quote name='TritonAntares' date='Apr ... Apr 1 2006, 08:50 PM

TritonAntares Hello!QUOTE The ridge you highlight appears to... Apr 1 2006, 10:48 PM

Michael Capobianco QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Apr 1 2006, 05:48 ... Apr 2 2006, 03:18 AM

ugordan QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Apr 1 2006, 11:48 ... Apr 2 2006, 10:34 AM

TritonAntares QUOTE (ugordan @ Apr 2 2006, 12:34 PM) Th... Apr 2 2006, 01:15 PM

scalbers Yes I agree the white line on the E edge of CR is ... Apr 2 2006, 12:51 AM

Decepticon Raws are up for April 1,2006 Apr 2 2006, 02:07 PM

Phil Stooke This is the latest view of Iapetus. It's a co... Apr 3 2006, 02:08 AM

Rob Pinnegar Hey, what's that white curve-shaped feature ne... Apr 3 2006, 05:23 AM

ugordan QUOTE (Rob Pinnegar @ Apr 3 2006, 06:23 A... Apr 3 2006, 07:17 AM

TritonAntares QUOTE (Rob Pinnegar @ Apr 3 2006, 07:23 A... Apr 3 2006, 02:21 PM

Decepticon At first glance it looked like a chain of craters? Apr 3 2006, 12:32 PM

Phil Stooke Another view of Iapetus from the latest sequence. ... Apr 3 2006, 01:32 PM

BruceMoomaw Dennis Matson will have a paper at May's AGU m... Apr 6 2006, 12:27 AM

Phil Stooke The trick then becomes explaining the lack of ridg... Apr 6 2006, 01:24 AM

Michael Capobianco Actually, I was referring to the little curvilinea... Apr 6 2006, 04:03 AM

Rob Pinnegar For what my opinion might be worth, the aluminum-2... Apr 6 2006, 03:02 PM

tasp A thought experiment: Get a very precise cannon, ... Apr 6 2006, 03:03 PM

Michael Capobianco So we have exogenous and endogenous theories for t... Apr 6 2006, 03:19 PM

Bob Shaw The flaw in the 'bowling ball' theory is t... Apr 6 2006, 03:34 PM

TritonAntares QUOTE (Michael Capobianco @ Apr 6 2006, 05... Apr 6 2006, 07:54 PM

tasp Laplace worked out the scenario for getting all th... Apr 6 2006, 05:08 PM

Bob Shaw QUOTE (tasp @ Apr 6 2006, 06:08 PM) Of al... Apr 6 2006, 05:47 PM

tasp Thanx for the picture, nice to see the ridge right... Apr 6 2006, 11:59 PM

BruceMoomaw QUOTE (tasp @ Apr 6 2006, 11:59 PM) I am ... Apr 7 2006, 01:34 AM

TritonAntares QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 7 2006, 03:34 AM... Apr 7 2006, 10:21 AM

BruceMoomaw The best summaries of the views of Matson, Jonatha... Apr 7 2006, 03:39 AM

nprev Hmm. Almost makes you wonder if Enceladus was simi... Apr 7 2006, 05:32 AM

BruceMoomaw Actually, Castillo et al are thinking of precisely... Apr 7 2006, 05:50 AM

tasp My thoughts on 'the good old days' on Iape... Apr 7 2006, 02:39 PM

Steve G QUOTE (tasp @ Apr 7 2006, 07:39 AM) My th... Apr 8 2006, 05:48 PM

Decepticon Wow, I didn't notice the second basin! Apr 8 2006, 10:36 PM

alan I brightened the image The right side of green ... Apr 8 2006, 11:55 PM

Phil Stooke Here is the latest view... two images stacked. I ... Apr 9 2006, 02:41 PM

Decepticon Phil what program did you use to stack the images? Apr 9 2006, 03:40 PM

Phil Stooke I do everything in Photoshop. Phil Apr 9 2006, 03:45 PM

Decepticon Here is my best atemped. Apr 9 2006, 04:13 PM

TritonAntares QUOTE (Decepticon @ Apr 9 2006, 06:13 PM)... Apr 9 2006, 05:28 PM

Phil Stooke Nice. What I did differently was to make feathere... Apr 9 2006, 04:25 PM

Rob Pinnegar A stereo pair might help determine whether that ... Apr 9 2006, 04:37 PM

Rob Pinnegar I wouldn't mind seeing some of those "dig... Apr 10 2006, 04:38 AM

Rob Pinnegar Yes, that's right. Remember that Saturnshine c... Apr 10 2006, 01:22 PM

Decepticon Another try at it. Tricky to bring detail out wit... Apr 11 2006, 02:03 AM

Phil Stooke The latest Iapetus view... composite of two images... Apr 11 2006, 03:16 AM

Big_Gazza Seems odd that most of the Iapetus images seem to ... Apr 11 2006, 09:52 AM

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