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Unmanned Spaceflight.com > Outer Solar System > Saturn > Cassini Huygens > Cassini's ongoing mission and raw imagesMay 20 2006 Icy Moon Imaging |
 May 16 2006, 01:50 PM
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I've been using the solar system simulator of late and I can say that this orbit will be far better for icy moon imaging that the last one.
Dione: C/A at about 564,000km. Excellent view of entire Saturn facing hemisphere with a much improved view of high northern latitudes. Rhea: C/A at about 470,000km. Tethys: C/A at 551,000km. Mimas: C/A at about 315,000km. -------------------- I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed.
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May 16 2006, 06:19 PM
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Looks like a quiet orbit to me. Some high phase Rhea and Tethys, and view of Polydeuces at ~380 m/pixel.
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 May 16 2006, 07:08 PM
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QUOTE (volcanopele @ May 16 2006, 07:19 PM)  ...Polydeuces at ~380 m/pixel Fine, this one hasn't been imaged close so far. Actually when and in which distance will CASSINI pass this 13 km small co-orbital moon of Dione? Bye. |
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May 17 2006, 04:49 AM
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QUOTE (TritonAntares @ May 16 2006, 12:08 PM) Fine, this one hasn't been imaged close so far. Actually when and in which distance will CASSINI pass this 13 km small co-orbital moon of Dione? Bye. The closest Polydeuces pass in the Prime Mission is on 2006-142T14:53:09.0 64057 km the Rings folk ferreted out the close Rock Flybys of the PM and the ISS folk have been going after opportunities like this as they come up... the closest approach to Polydeuces after that will come 2007-241T19:40:42.0 127897 km and there are a few others at around 130,000 km or so in the PM |
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