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 Jul 10 2006, 12:26 AM
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Cassini will leave the ring plane on this orbit. It will be nice to see the rings again.
The view from Solar System Simulator on July 24 http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wspace?t...=1&showsc=1 |
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Jul 18 2006, 12:49 AM
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This T16 flyby is scheduled to have an altitude of only 950km, which is markedly lower than previous ones. In the past, the Cassini team has been reluctant to perform such a low pass due to fears of friction and drag from Titan’s enormous atmosphere. I haven't been following the "Significant Event Reports" page on the Cassini website lately--are they no longer concerned with these possible effects?
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Jul 18 2006, 12:59 AM
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QUOTE (NMRguy @ Jul 17 2006, 02:49 PM)  This T16 flyby is scheduled to have an altitude of only 950km, which is markedly lower than previous ones. In the past, the Cassini team has been reluctant to perform such a low pass due to fears of friction and drag from Titan’s enormous atmosphere. I haven't been following the "Significant Event Reports" page on the Cassini website lately--are they no longer concerned with these possible effects? There will always be a little apprehension at the lower altitudes but, among other things, T16 is a near-polar pass, which mitigates the risk somewhat. There was some discussion of this in another thread ("Cassini Tour Tweaks - Titan >950 Km"). |
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alan T16 (July 22, 2006) Jul 10 2006, 12:26 AM
AlexBlackwell The T16 Mission Description document is now online... Jul 14 2006, 11:09 PM AlexBlackwell The T16 flyby page is now online. Jul 17 2006, 08:56 PM
AlexBlackwell QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jul 17 2006, 02:59... Jul 28 2006, 09:48 PM The Messenger QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jul 28 2006, 03:48... Jul 29 2006, 08:02 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jul 28 2006, 11:48... Aug 4 2006, 09:53 PM Sunspot Pictures are up...... Jul 23 2006, 12:01 PM volcanopele ummmm...not good...
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mu... Jul 23 2006, 04:07 PM The Messenger QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jul 23 2006, 10:07 A... Jul 23 2006, 05:26 PM djellison Almost certainly just crap processing of the JPG... Jul 23 2006, 05:16 PM ugordan QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 23 2006, 06:16 PM)... Jul 23 2006, 05:57 PM um3k QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 23 2006, 01:16 PM)... Jul 24 2006, 02:45 AM Phil Stooke Well, a bit of a mosaic (so far?)
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Jul 24 2006, 03:00 AM volcanopele Well, as you can see from the images Phil put toge... Jul 24 2006, 04:35 AM edstrick "ummmm...not good..."
Um... I think tho... Jul 24 2006, 11:36 AM ugordan QUOTE (edstrick @ Jul 24 2006, 12:36 PM) ... Jul 24 2006, 12:02 PM volcanopele That would be my guess too... but these were meant... Jul 24 2006, 06:16 PM debbiek QUOTE (alan @ Jul 10 2006, 01:26 AM) Cass... Jul 28 2006, 09:57 PM alan Slushy volcanoes might support life on Titan
QUOTE... Oct 13 2006, 11:49 PM volcanopele While I would love these lakes to be centered on c... Oct 14 2006, 04:47 AM Thorsten To all SAR fans: I don’t know if this has been men... Oct 14 2006, 04:58 PM Thorsten Here is a crudely patched version of the "exp... Oct 15 2006, 09:00 AM Thorsten The new image "Infrared and Radar Views of Ti... Dec 13 2006, 03:04 PM Decepticon Looking at this http://cassinicam.com/titanflybys/... Dec 16 2006, 04:52 AM Ian R Great work Thorsten! Dec 16 2006, 07:14 AM ustrax QUOTE (Ian R @ Dec 16 2006, 07:14 AM) Gre... Dec 16 2006, 06:47 PM Thorsten QUOTE (ustrax @ Dec 16 2006, 08:47 PM) An... Dec 17 2006, 06:11 AM Decepticon Was bored. so I made this dated sar map. Dec 16 2006, 07:10 PM Matt I've been incredibly bored lately. Feels more ... Dec 16 2006, 08:44 PM Decepticon Nice! Dec 17 2006, 12:48 PM |
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