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Paolo
post Jan 5 2007, 09:37 AM
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Hi all
I have recently found this nice color image of Pioneer 5, which shows some mysterious blue cylinders on the solar panels, that I have never seen in any other picture. Any idea of what they may be?
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post Jan 5 2007, 10:09 AM
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Without knowing the answer, I strongly suspect magnetometer coils, though I have a very very vague recollection that they only got mag field parallel and perpendicular to the spin axis.
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- Paolo   Pioneer 5 color picture   Jan 5 2007, 09:37 AM
- - djellison   I don't have a CLUE what they are - but I...   Jan 5 2007, 09:57 AM
- - edstrick   Without knowing the answer, I strongly suspect mag...   Jan 5 2007, 10:09 AM
|- - Paolo   QUOTE (edstrick @ Jan 5 2007, 11:09 AM) W...   Jan 5 2007, 10:48 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (Paolo @ Jan 5 2007, 10:48 AM) The ...   Jan 5 2007, 01:06 PM
- - edstrick   I'm inclined to agree. The first spacecraft t...   Jan 5 2007, 12:15 PM
- - djellison   this image http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e...   Jan 5 2007, 01:22 PM
- - hendric   Maybe they are some kind of handle for moving the ...   Jan 5 2007, 02:51 PM
|- - Airbag   Look like those silicone caulk dispensers to me. ...   Jan 5 2007, 05:55 PM
- - ljk4-1   I looked at Explorer 6, which closely resembles Pi...   Jan 6 2007, 03:09 AM
- - Paolo   We all forgot that yesterday was the 50th annivers...   Mar 12 2010, 10:12 PM

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