IPB
X   Site Message
(Message will auto close in 2 seconds)

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

VIMS zooms in on Huygens, - but with a significant chance of missing.
ngunn
post Nov 12 2008, 05:07 PM
Post #1


Senior Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 3516
Joined: 4-November 05
From: North Wales
Member No.: 542
Exciting stuff (and thanks for the 'looking ahead' that really is!)
http://ciclops.org/view/5380/Rev_93
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
 
 Start new topic
Replies
ngunn
post Nov 22 2008, 06:49 PM
Post #2


Senior Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 3516
Joined: 4-November 05
From: North Wales
Member No.: 542
The quote below seems to indicate success. I would take it to mean at least that there is a good overlap between VIMS and Huygens DISR images. Was the actual spot covered? Can't be sure from this statement. Does it matter? Probably not that much - but I can't help being curious!

From the Cassini website:

T-47: Huygens Landing Site on Titan Revisited
Cassini completed its latest flyby of Titan on Nov. 19, passing the moon at an altitude of 1,023 kilometers (636 miles). During the close pass, the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer was able to image the region around the Huygens landing site at a resolution of less than a kilometer per pixel.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
ugordan
post Nov 22 2008, 06:53 PM
Post #3


Senior Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 3652
Joined: 1-October 05
From: Croatia
Member No.: 523
That sounds like a rather generic statement on a successful flyby. For sure there was high resolution VIMS imagery obtained, but I don't think it implies they nailed it. Note the wording - "around the Huygens landing site".


--------------------
www.flickr.com/photos/ugordan
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post

Posts in this topic
- ngunn   VIMS zooms in on Huygens   Nov 12 2008, 05:07 PM
- - volcanopele   I wouldn't call it a "significant" c...   Nov 12 2008, 05:41 PM
|- - Jason W Barnes   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Nov 12 2008, 11:41 A...   Nov 15 2008, 12:16 AM
- - Juramike   Even if they "miss", the VIMS noodle sho...   Nov 12 2008, 06:06 PM
- - ngunn   Huygens mosaic with VIMS pixel to scale:   Nov 13 2008, 01:48 PM
- - ngunn   The quote below seems to indicate success. I would...   Nov 22 2008, 06:49 PM
- - ugordan   That sounds like a rather generic statement on a s...   Nov 22 2008, 06:53 PM

« Next Oldest · Titan · Next Newest »
 

Reply to this topicStart new topic

 

Display Mode: Switch to: Standard · Switch to: Linear+ · Outline

Track this topic · Email this topic · Print this topic · Subscribe to this forum

RSS Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 17th December 2024 - 01:14 AM
Powered By IP.Board © 2024  IPS, Inc.
RULES AND GUIDELINES
Please read the Forum Rules and Guidelines before posting.

IMAGE COPYRIGHT
Images posted on UnmannedSpaceflight.com may be copyrighted. Do not reproduce without permission. Read here for further information on space images and copyright.

 OPINIONS AND MODERATION
Opinions expressed on UnmannedSpaceflight.com are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of UnmannedSpaceflight.com or The Planetary Society. The all-volunteer UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderation team is wholly independent of The Planetary Society. The Planetary Society has no influence over decisions made by the UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderators.		 SUPPORT THE FORUM
Unmannedspaceflight.com is funded by the Planetary Society. Please consider supporting our work and many other projects by donating to the Society or becoming a member.