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Pioneer 11's 'near miss' at Saturn |
 Mar 16 2007, 02:56 PM
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A couple of websites state that Pioneer 11 discovered a new moon of Saturn during its 1979 flyby and nearly collided with it.
http://www.uwgb.edu/DutchS/CosmosNotes/voyagr00.htm The website says Pioneer 11 missed the previously unknown moon by only a few hundred km. http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/planets/satslid.htm Apparently the spacecraft inferred the moon's existance by the disturbances it created in Saturn's magnetic field. Is this right? Did Pioneer 11 nearly end its mission in an unforseen Deep Impact style crash? -------------------- It's a funny old world - A man's lucky if he gets out of it alive. - W.C. Fields.
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Mar 18 2007, 02:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 117 Joined: 7-December 06 From: Sheffield UK Member No.: 1462 |
Thanks for the info beleraphon1, I'll also be sure to check that book out.
It's interesting to note that Pioneer 10 also had a similar encounter with a previously unknown object: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/460095.stm This KBO near miss has been discussed here on UMSF before but I cannot find a link to it at the moment. -------------------- It's a funny old world - A man's lucky if he gets out of it alive. - W.C. Fields.
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As old as Voyager Pioneer 11's 'near miss' at Saturn Mar 16 2007, 02:56 PM
As old as Voyager Here's some more information on the near miss:... Mar 16 2007, 03:28 PM Ian R It was either Janus or Epimetheus, with the safe b... Mar 16 2007, 03:33 PM belleraphon1 Yes,
being older than Pioneer, I remember this a... Mar 16 2007, 03:38 PM
dvandorn QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ Mar 16 2007, 10:38 ... Mar 17 2007, 01:02 AM GregM . Mar 17 2007, 02:56 AM belleraphon1 QUOTE (GregM @ Mar 16 2007, 10:56 PM) If ... Mar 17 2007, 07:58 PM Elias A rather detailed summary Pioneer 11 & Voyager... Mar 17 2007, 10:55 AM scalbers QUOTE (Elias @ Mar 17 2007, 10:55 AM) The... Mar 18 2007, 06:05 PM PhilCo126 Very interesting topic... thanks for sharing! Mar 17 2007, 03:00 PM belleraphon1 All....
my apologies.... some on the Pioneer tea... Mar 17 2007, 10:33 PM Ian R Pioneer Rock was also imaged by Pioneer 11, orbiti... Jun 1 2007, 03:03 PM Phil Stooke A bit of detective work. Sky and Telescope (Nov. ... Jun 1 2007, 05:02 PM Ian R According to the American Geophysical Union's ... Jun 1 2007, 11:17 PM scalbers The details might be elsewhere in this forum ... Jun 2 2007, 04:26 PM nprev QUOTE (scalbers @ Jun 2 2007, 09:26 AM) I... Jun 2 2007, 05:00 PM Ian R Yes, this is the discovery image from 1966:
htt... Jun 2 2007, 06:48 PM Phil Stooke The problem with 'Janus' as seen in 1966 w... Jun 2 2007, 07:44 PM Ian R Using Mark Showalter's superlative Saturn View... Nov 5 2020, 06:51 AM Ian R We can also confirm that Pioneer 11 was the first ... Nov 5 2020, 07:26 AM |
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