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 Aug 29 2006, 09:06 PM
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Great orbit coming up.......
Titan on 7th September, followed on the 9th, by Enceladus from ~ 40,000km (not a great phase angle though) Any coverage will overlap that of the best Voyager 2 mosaic (Sarandib Planitia etc) but in much better detail. Also, Cassini passes less than 12,000km from Methone later on that day (closest approach in the whole mission) - really hope the mission planners managed to retarget some frames to image the little blighter on this orbit. Can't wait!! |
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 Aug 29 2006, 09:50 PM
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Shame about Methone - Cassini barrels past just a couple of Titan-diameters away.
Still, another opportunity comes up next June I believe to capture some pics of her at a similar range. |
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Aug 29 2006, 09:52 PM
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QUOTE (jasedm @ Aug 29 2006, 02:50 PM)  Shame about Methone - Cassini barrels past just a couple of Titan-diameters away. Still, another opportunity comes up next June I believe to capture some pics of her at a similar range. Do you happen to know the phase angle of that encounter? Such an encounter would be best for shape determination. Even at 15,000 km, Methone would only be about 33 pixels across. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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jasedm Enceladus and Methone Aug 29 2006, 09:06 PM
volcanopele The Enceladus opportunity looks really nice, a nic... Aug 29 2006, 09:24 PM
scalbers QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 29 2006, 09:24 P... Sep 7 2006, 06:26 PM jasedm QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 29 2006, 09:52 P... Mar 11 2008, 09:46 AM ugordan QUOTE (jasedm @ Mar 11 2008, 10:46 AM) Ma... Mar 11 2008, 10:45 AM jasedm Phase angle will be 115 degrees, and the range 12,... Aug 29 2006, 10:01 PM volcanopele QUOTE (jasedm @ Aug 29 2006, 03:01 PM) Ph... Aug 29 2006, 10:13 PM Big_Gazza QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 30 2006, 07:24 A... Aug 30 2006, 01:00 PM angel1801 On September 25, we will see this poorly imaged ar... Aug 30 2006, 02:12 PM volcanopele scalbers, the graphic represents the non-targeted ... Sep 7 2006, 07:52 PM volcanopele Some interesting new images just came down. Encel... Sep 10 2006, 07:21 AM Myran Well thank you fo rthe heads up volcanopele. And y... Sep 10 2006, 07:51 AM Phil Stooke On the inner side, the particles ahead of the moon... Sep 10 2006, 02:17 PM Myran Thank you for the correction Phil.....
Edit: No c... Sep 10 2006, 09:48 PM volcanopele Here be the Enceladus images:
View over the north... Sep 11 2006, 03:28 AM Ian R I'm sure that this view would make a nice comp... Sep 11 2006, 02:47 PM angel1801 I have observed that the image of Tethys contained... Sep 11 2006, 03:25 PM |
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