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T45 (July 31, 2008 / Rev 78), Looking for Love |
 Jul 25 2008, 05:44 PM
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CICLOPS Looking Ahead has information on the upcoming Titan flyby:
http://ciclops.org/view/5142/Rev_78 -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Jul 29 2008, 03:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
T45 Mission Description now available:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/prod...description.pdf -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Jul 29 2008, 03:44 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
The T45 mission discription is now up on the Cassini-Huygens home page! http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
ZaZooks!!! Looks like Mike has scooped me on this one!! His link is the the actual pdf file of the T45 mission; the above takes one to the home page so I'll leave this post up as its not completely redundant!! |
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Jul 29 2008, 04:39 AM
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Mike is the Chuck Norris of Titan. You do not, ever, scoop Mike; Mike scoops you!!!
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Jul 29 2008, 05:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
Will be of great interest to see if the 2hr before closest approach ISS show cloud bands just east of Hotei Arcus as was present in the T44 flyby (check the raw images on Friday or Saturday of this week). If so would make one wonder if Hotei Arcus is generating the clouds (via orographic lift or even via local methane atmospheric enrichment if indeed Hotei is an active cryovolcano).
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Jul 29 2008, 08:11 AM
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No imaging of Hotei is planned at 2 hours before closest approach. This is a gravity pass.
And orogenic clouds... if someone can prove to me that orogenic clouds ACTUALLY exist on Titan, I will eat an entire tofu turkey. Clouds on Titan - OOOOOOOOOOOO Mountains on Titan - /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Jul 29 2008, 12:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
Thanks! I stand corrected! Here's one for you ...
. . / \ (volcanoes on Titan)
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Jul 29 2008, 03:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jul 29 2008, 12:11 AM)  Clouds on Titan - OOOOOOOOOOOO Mountains on Titan - /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ Hmmm. Looks like they cut the imaging budget some for the extended mission. --Greg :-) |
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Jul 29 2008, 06:59 PM
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My impression was more like...
CODE Clouds on Titan - OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO / / / / / / / / / // / / / / / / // / Mountains on Titan - /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ -------------------- --
Viva software libre! |
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Jul 31 2008, 02:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
I see the Titan RAW images have begun to arrive!
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Jul 31 2008, 03:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Rough mosaic of inbound images (?) from the T45 Flyby. I tried to line up the "surface" features.
I think that might be Hotei Arcus/Xanadu at center near the terminator. -Mike -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Jul 31 2008, 10:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
The T45 inbound Titan map 2hrs before closest approach from the mission description is shown in 1) below. Hotei arcus is in range of both the WAC and NAC
The solar system sim for the same epoch is shown in 2). As the terminator is to the right on the early images posted above these likely are inbound photos. 1) 2)
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Jul 31 2008, 10:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Once again, no Titan images were planned for 2 hours before closest approach. The closest before closest approach were taken 12 hours before C/A, not 2 hours. The mosaic Juramike posted is from that MONITORNA001 observation.
The flyby description document just shows example views of Titan at various intervals during the flyby, but do not represent that are actually in those instrument fields of view. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Jul 31 2008, 11:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jul 31 2008, 05:10 PM) Once again, no Titan images were planned for 2 hours before closest approach. The closest before closest approach were taken 12 hours before C/A, not 2 hours. The mosaic Juramike posted is from that MONITORNA001 observation. The flyby description document just shows example views of Titan at various intervals during the flyby, but do not represent that are actually in those instrument fields of view. Thanks again for the explanation! My main point was to say these were inbound photos as Mike had a ? about that in his post. |
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