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Bjorn Jonsson View Member Profile	Nov 26 2004, 10:28 PM Post #1
IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2257 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38	In mid-December Cassini will fly by Dione at a distance of 81,000 km. I did a few quick renders showing the viewing geometry: http://www.mmedia.is/bjj/misc/css_stuff/di...041214_2300.jpg http://www.mmedia.is/bjj/misc/css_stuff/di...041215_0130.jpg http://www.mmedia.is/bjj/misc/css_stuff/di...041215_0430.jpg These have a field of view (FOV) three times bigger than Cassini's NAC. This should yield some great coverage of areas poorly seen by Voyager (in fact these images will be much better than the best images obtained by either Voyager of any of Saturn's icy satellites). Also Cassini will fly by Mimas at a distance of 114,000 km but I don't know if it will take any images. This rendering has a FOV identical to Cassini's NAC and shows Mimas near the time of closest approach: http://www.mmedia.is/bjj/misc/css_stuff/mi...041215_0500.jpg Also there is a 240,000 km Rhea flyby but I also don't know if Rhea will be imaged. Jason ? ;-)

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Bjorn Jonsson Tb Icy Satellite Flybys Nov 26 2004, 10:28 PM

tedstryk I wish the Cassini folks would make a list of all ... Nov 26 2004, 11:01 PM

BruceMoomaw There's a very detailed schedule of exactly th... Nov 27 2004, 01:07 AM

Decepticon ^^^ I would love to see that!!!! ... Nov 27 2004, 02:15 AM

AlexBlackwell QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Nov 27 2004, 01:07 AM)Th... Nov 27 2004, 03:41 AM

M_Welander I've written a couple of small programs that t... Nov 27 2004, 12:03 PM

Decepticon Great site to compare Cassini data with Voyager da... Nov 27 2004, 03:03 PM

volcanopele No Mimas or Rhea observations as far as know. plan... Nov 27 2004, 06:23 PM

Bjorn Jonsson QUOTE (M_Welander @ Nov 27 2004, 12:03 PM)I... Nov 27 2004, 11:17 PM

Sunspot How many potential observing opportunities were lo... Nov 27 2004, 11:23 PM

djellison QUOTE (Sunspot @ Nov 27 2004, 11:23 PM)How ma... Nov 28 2004, 12:52 AM

Decepticon ^ That is Sad Nov 28 2004, 12:58 AM

M_Welander QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Nov 28 2004, 12:17 AM)... Nov 28 2004, 01:02 AM

Decepticon ^ Thanks! Nov 28 2004, 04:04 AM

M_Welander I'm noticing that some people appear to have r... Nov 28 2004, 08:22 PM

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