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 Nov 29 2004, 04:38 PM
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I heard about a peak on Iapetus that may be taller than Olympus Mons on Mars. I was wondering if the RADAR instrument will be used in the January encounter to verify this. What is the maximum distance the RADAR can be used?
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Here, BTW, is a look at those mountains by Voyager 2:
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pioneer Iapetus Encounter In January Nov 29 2004, 04:38 PM
Decepticon I have an animation of this flyby. It shows what t... Nov 30 2004, 03:25 AM YesRushGen Please! Can you post it here? Nov 30 2004, 02:13 PM Decepticon It's 13.7 Mb
I think I would have to do a f... Dec 1 2004, 12:48 AM volcanopele In addition to the encounter on December 30, we ca... Dec 1 2004, 04:41 PM Bjorn Jonsson I did an animation showing 24 hours of the Iapetus... Dec 6 2004, 01:03 PM Bjorn Jonsson These three stills show Iapetus near the time of c... Dec 7 2004, 08:58 PM YesRushGen WOW!!! Dec 7 2004, 11:44 PM OWW In the meantime two smaller Iapetus WOWs :
http... Dec 8 2004, 02:31 PM tedstryk How close will Cassini come to Iapetus during Tb? Dec 8 2004, 02:55 PM YesRushGen QUOTE (tedstryk @ Dec 8 2004, 02:55 PM)How cl... Dec 8 2004, 03:52 PM volcanopele Wow, those images got release quickly I anticipa... Dec 8 2004, 05:27 PM Decepticon SO cassini will use Radar on this approach? Dec 8 2004, 10:14 PM volcanopele QUOTE (Decepticon @ Dec 8 2004, 03:14 PM)SO c... Dec 8 2004, 10:38 PM alan Before the last Titan encounter I noticed many raw... Dec 9 2004, 02:59 AM alan the all seeing eye
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mult... Dec 15 2004, 10:47 PM Sunspot QUOTE (alan @ Dec 9 2004, 02:59 AM)Before the... Dec 15 2004, 11:03 PM CosmicRocker QUOTE (Sunspot @ Dec 15 2004, 05:03 PM)Iapetu... Dec 16 2004, 05:27 AM Decepticon Will Cassini start to take some approach images so... Dec 16 2004, 02:58 PM alan Some early science results for Iapetus
In the sam... Dec 18 2004, 11:25 PM Decepticon Help!!!!
I've been trying to ... Dec 20 2004, 03:55 PM Decepticon Double post. Dec 20 2004, 03:55 PM alan Strange, it works for cassini up to July 2, 2004 ... Dec 20 2004, 04:42 PM Decepticon New PICS!!
And this was from Dec 18! ... Dec 23 2004, 01:27 AM CosmicRocker Wow! Dec 23 2004, 05:02 AM alan Looks like only the dark side will be sunlit at cl... Dec 24 2004, 12:10 AM Decepticon Looking at this map does anyone know what side wil... Dec 24 2004, 09:24 PM alan I can't get JPL's solar sysyem simulator t... Dec 25 2004, 12:15 AM Bjorn Jonsson Actually the view from Titan is significantly diff... Dec 25 2004, 11:25 PM alan Beautiful work Bjorn. I guess this isn't very... Dec 26 2004, 03:11 AM Bjorn Jonsson Wow !
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/i... Dec 27 2004, 12:15 AM Sunspot There's a small bump on the limb just past the... Dec 27 2004, 12:40 AM alan Upsidedown? Dec 27 2004, 12:50 AM volcanopele QUOTE (Sunspot @ Dec 26 2004, 05:40 PM)There... Dec 27 2004, 12:57 AM volcanopele QUOTE (alan @ Dec 26 2004, 05:50 PM)Upsidedow... Dec 27 2004, 12:59 AM alan Three impact basins? On stretched image I see at 1... Dec 27 2004, 01:32 AM volcanopele QUOTE (alan @ Dec 26 2004, 06:32 PM)Three imp... Dec 27 2004, 01:39 AM alan Will Cassini get close enough to determine whether... Dec 27 2004, 03:44 AM Decepticon I thought this moon was werid before, now its just... Dec 27 2004, 04:26 AM Decepticon Check this link out for some refreshed Voyager Map... Dec 27 2004, 06:07 AM BruceMoomaw Jason's stretched image makes it clear that Ia... Dec 27 2004, 02:15 PM alan Crazy idea: Iapetus was a larger differentiated ob... Dec 27 2004, 03:18 PM David QUOTE Crazy idea: Iapetus was a larger differentia... Dec 27 2004, 05:05 PM volcanopele QUOTE (alan @ Dec 27 2004, 08:18 AM)Crazy ide... Dec 27 2004, 05:08 PM alan QUOTE Um, and what happened to the other two-third... Dec 27 2004, 06:09 PM alan Anyone try using an unsharp mask on the images of ... Dec 27 2004, 07:34 PM volcanopele QUOTE (alan @ Dec 27 2004, 12:34 PM)Anyone tr... Dec 27 2004, 07:52 PM alan Wish I had Photoshop. Looking on the web I see th... Dec 27 2004, 08:00 PM Decepticon ^ I wish I understood the question, I'm not th... Dec 27 2004, 08:55 PM alan If it is done like in the link I referred to it wi... Dec 27 2004, 09:26 PM Roby72 Iapetus with its three impacts looms larger and la... Dec 28 2004, 12:10 AM volcanopele nice. Looks likes the raw images page is about a ... Dec 28 2004, 02:59 AM Decepticon My try at it.. Dec 28 2004, 03:08 AM tedstryk Where did you get the tri-color data? Or did you ... Dec 28 2004, 03:18 AM Decepticon I colorize the monochrome data.
As said before th... Dec 28 2004, 03:22 AM Decepticon Odd, there is very little approach images of Iapet... Dec 28 2004, 10:29 PM Sunspot QUOTE (Decepticon @ Dec 28 2004, 10:29 PM)Odd... Dec 28 2004, 11:49 PM volcanopele I know.... as soon as yesterday's opnavs show ... Dec 29 2004, 12:05 AM volcanopele I know.... as soon as yesterday's opnavs show ... Dec 29 2004, 12:06 AM MizarKey QUOTE (volcanopele @ Dec 28 2004, 04:06 PM)I ... Dec 29 2004, 12:15 AM SFJCody They're up
Iapetus Dec 29 2004, 12:17 AM volcanopele QUOTE (MizarKey @ Dec 28 2004, 05:15 PM)QUOTE... Dec 29 2004, 12:43 AM alan I've been seeing a faint linear feature along ... Dec 29 2004, 01:00 AM Sunspot QUOTE (alan @ Dec 29 2004, 01:00 AM)I've ... Dec 29 2004, 01:06 AM tedstryk Wow, and this is three or four days before closest... Dec 29 2004, 01:11 AM volcanopele here they are Dec 29 2004, 01:18 AM volcanopele here is a time sequence
Updated middle frame Dec 29 2004, 01:20 AM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (tedstryk @ Dec 29 2004, 01:11 AM)What ... Dec 29 2004, 01:23 AM SFJCody So... what's going on? Is this a world-spannin... Dec 29 2004, 01:31 AM volcanopele QUOTE (SFJCody @ Dec 28 2004, 06:31 PM)So... ... Dec 29 2004, 01:33 AM alan heres the fault in an earlier image look how high ... Dec 29 2004, 01:40 AM SFJCody Operating on the 'see what sticks' princip... Dec 29 2004, 01:50 AM volcanopele QUOTE (SFJCody @ Dec 28 2004, 06:50 PM)Operat... Dec 29 2004, 02:06 AM David QUOTE I've been seeing a faint linear feature ... Dec 29 2004, 03:00 AM Decepticon Where is Iapetus equator in that image volcanopele... Dec 29 2004, 03:11 AM alan How about this: Iapetus is hit head on by a centau... Dec 29 2004, 03:35 AM volcanopele QUOTE (Decepticon @ Dec 28 2004, 08:11 PM)Whe... Dec 29 2004, 04:31 AM alan Decepticon, I think the dark area is is centered o... Dec 29 2004, 04:38 AM alan Or maybe not Volcanopele responded while I was ty... Dec 29 2004, 04:40 AM alan A giant grabbed hold of it and twisted it until it... Dec 29 2004, 05:37 AM alan This looks similar to the crater at the top center... Dec 29 2004, 06:30 AM Decepticon QUOTE (volcanopele @ Dec 28 2004, 11:31 PM)QU... Dec 29 2004, 12:00 PM alan QUOTE But I think that bulge is real..
I remember... Dec 29 2004, 06:55 PM Decepticon Cassini Page Update! Video Flyby.
QUOTE Targ... Dec 29 2004, 08:41 PM alan Description of Iapetus flyby
http://www.planetary.... Dec 29 2004, 10:23 PM tedstryk From the Cassini website?
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... Dec 30 2004, 12:54 AM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (tedstryk @ Dec 30 2004, 12:54 AM)From ... Dec 30 2004, 01:00 AM Decepticon Even at the current distance the Images must me Mo... Dec 30 2004, 01:46 AM BruceMoomaw (1) Ah. So, judging from the Planetary Society... Dec 30 2004, 06:44 AM MizarKey QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Dec 29 2004, 10:44 PM)(1... Dec 30 2004, 03:38 PM tedstryk I remember going to the library to scope out every... Dec 30 2004, 03:58 PM Decepticon Before the Internet Space News was very hard to ge... Dec 30 2004, 04:18 PM volcanopele QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Dec 29 2004, 11:44 PM)(1... Dec 30 2004, 05:11 PM DEChengst QUOTE (Decepticon @ Dec 30 2004, 04:18 PM)Whe... Dec 30 2004, 05:32 PM tedstryk I remember "Neptune All Night." I was 1... Dec 30 2004, 05:41 PM Decepticon I was 14 years old during the neptune flyby. Trito... Dec 30 2004, 06:30 PM David QUOTE (volcanopele @ Dec 30 2004, 05:11 PM)2)... Dec 30 2004, 06:35 PM alan I noticed something odd about the latest images of... Dec 30 2004, 07:56 PM
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