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Mercury Flyby 3
Greg Hullender
post Jul 3 2009, 09:27 PM
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We're now just one Mercury year (88 days) from flyby #3, which happens on September 29, 2009, so this seems like a good time to start a thread about it.

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/index.php

For comparison purposes, it'd be nice if someone (probably someone on the Messenger team) put together a Mercury Map showing what areas will get better coverage from this flyby than from the previous ones. I realize it'll be very similar to flyby #1, but it won't be exactly the same.

After that, it's a long wait until MOI on March 18, 2011. Curiously, that's the same date the New Horizons crosses the orbit of Uranus.

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/mission/passingpla...ets_current.php


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MarkG
post Sep 10 2009, 04:21 PM
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Thanks for the tip on Celestia -- I'm working with it now.

At 8 million km distance today, the crescent of Mercury would be barely resolved by a human eye traveling with Messenger (~2 arc minutes).
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- Greg Hullender   Mercury Flyby 3   Jul 3 2009, 09:27 PM
- - Phil Stooke   From a global point of view I don't think ther...   Jul 3 2009, 10:09 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Yes, I understand that. I was hoping someone migh...   Jul 4 2009, 04:33 AM
- - Phil Stooke   There's no public information on coverage yet,...   Jul 4 2009, 11:04 AM
- - MarkG   It will also be interesting if any stereo-pair fra...   Jul 8 2009, 11:32 PM
|- - Vultur   Probably a dumb question, but what are Vulcanoids ...   Jul 9 2009, 02:49 PM
|- - MarkG   QUOTE (Vultur @ Jul 9 2009, 06:49 AM) Pro...   Jul 12 2009, 04:21 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (MarkG @ Jul 12 2009, 06:21 PM) Mes...   Jul 12 2009, 04:27 PM
||- - MarkG   QUOTE (ugordan @ Jul 12 2009, 08:27 AM) I...   Jul 12 2009, 08:46 PM
|- - Paolo   By the way, this year marks the 150th anniversary ...   Jul 14 2009, 07:04 AM
- - mps   There is an article about vulcanoids in Wikipedia.   Jul 9 2009, 05:26 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Just half an orbit away now. (Messenger's orb...   Aug 3 2009, 05:12 AM
|- - dmuller   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Aug 3 2009, 03:12...   Aug 3 2009, 06:31 AM
- - stevesliva   Just got an email with a 5-year milestone press re...   Aug 3 2009, 03:13 PM
- - Greg Hullender   That suggests they might be able to have quite the...   Aug 3 2009, 06:52 PM
|- - Vultur   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Aug 3 2009, 07:52...   Aug 30 2009, 08:55 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Opportunities for magnetometer - Flyby 3   Aug 20 2009, 04:03 PM
- - MarkG   Does anyone know of a detailed diagram of the flyb...   Sep 8 2009, 01:15 AM
- - Hungry4info   You could download Celestia and the MESSENGER add-...   Sep 8 2009, 02:39 PM
- - gndonald   The page outlining the plans for the third flyby i...   Sep 9 2009, 01:42 AM
- - dmuller   Haven't been able to find much information yet...   Sep 9 2009, 04:03 AM
- - MarkG   Thanks for the tip on Celestia -- I'm working ...   Sep 10 2009, 04:21 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Some new diagrams showing picture plans were put u...   Sep 15 2009, 02:45 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Sep 15 200...   Sep 15 2009, 03:46 PM
- - tanjent   In the related link, showing the simulated positio...   Sep 15 2009, 04:01 PM
|- - dmuller   QUOTE (tanjent @ Sep 16 2009, 02:01 AM) M...   Sep 16 2009, 12:14 AM
|- - tanjent   Well then it seems like for the moment I should pu...   Sep 16 2009, 09:30 AM
- - djellison   Hmm - I wouldn't fancy that observation too mu...   Sep 16 2009, 10:21 AM
- - dmuller   That would be the shot: Source: http://space.jp...   Sep 16 2009, 01:20 PM
- - gndonald   Preparations for the third flyby They still have ...   Sep 17 2009, 12:15 AM
|- - kohare   QUOTE (gndonald @ Sep 17 2009, 01:15 AM) ...   Sep 26 2009, 12:56 AM
- - tanjent   The mission website discussion of the orbital phas...   Sep 17 2009, 01:00 AM
|- - tedstryk   While we are waiting, I have added my Mariner 10 s...   Sep 20 2009, 12:56 PM
|- - 4th rock from the sun   ExcellentMariner 10 images! And a very nice jo...   Sep 21 2009, 11:58 AM
|- - tedstryk   Thanks. I made them just before the first Messeng...   Sep 21 2009, 02:26 PM
- - Greg Hullender   James Leary has discussed a possible extended miss...   Sep 21 2009, 06:15 PM
- - Greg Hullender   The Messenger team will be doing a press conferenc...   Sep 22 2009, 03:48 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Sep 22 2009, 07:4...   Sep 22 2009, 04:18 PM
- - Greg Hullender   There is a nice map, just posted today, showing th...   Sep 22 2009, 03:56 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Sep 22 2009, 07:5...   Sep 22 2009, 06:51 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Sep 22 2009, 10:51 A...   Sep 22 2009, 07:35 PM
- - dmuller   Does anybody have the flyby timeline in spreadshee...   Sep 23 2009, 01:08 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Another press release today: http://messenger.jhu...   Sep 23 2009, 06:26 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Another Messenger update, this one has a new photo...   Sep 25 2009, 06:24 PM
- - dmuller   I have uploaded Emily's flyby blog onto my rea...   Sep 26 2009, 01:56 AM
- - Phil Stooke   This is the first Mercury 3 image release enlarged...   Sep 27 2009, 03:51 AM
- - Phil Stooke   The latest image, enlarged, terminator brightened ...   Sep 28 2009, 10:51 AM
- - Hungry4info   Latest image from the website, showing essentially...   Sep 29 2009, 01:55 PM
- - Phil Stooke   And here's what he gets by enlarging, selectiv...   Sep 29 2009, 02:25 PM
- - Ant103   My own sharpenning of the last picture of Messenge...   Sep 29 2009, 08:08 PM
|- - HughFromAlice   QUOTE (Ant103 @ Sep 30 2009, 05:38 AM) My...   Sep 30 2009, 11:01 AM
- - ngunn   Surprised no-one has commented on this glitch here...   Sep 30 2009, 11:14 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (ngunn @ Sep 30 2009, 12:14 PM) but...   Sep 30 2009, 12:38 PM
- - peter59   Better view into new territory. http://messenger.j...   Sep 30 2009, 12:34 PM
- - ngunn   That's reassuring, thanks Doug. I think the l...   Sep 30 2009, 01:20 PM
- - Phil Stooke   This is the new view converted to an (approximate)...   Sep 30 2009, 01:28 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Sep 30 2009, 09:28 A...   Sep 30 2009, 02:17 PM
- - elakdawalla   The latest, via Twitter, is that MESSENGER safed j...   Sep 30 2009, 01:59 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Sep 30 2009, 03:59 P...   Sep 30 2009, 03:08 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (ugordan @ Sep 30 2009, 07:08 AM) C...   Sep 30 2009, 03:56 PM
- - Hungry4info   New, nice image. http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/galle...   Sep 30 2009, 02:47 PM
- - Stu   That just clinches it: there's an alien ship o...   Sep 30 2009, 04:34 PM
- - Phil Stooke   A couple more reprojections: Phil   Sep 30 2009, 04:46 PM
- - mps   Yes, back in the old days, we didn't know to f...   Sep 30 2009, 06:57 PM
- - antipode   Some nice crater chains approx radial to that doub...   Oct 1 2009, 12:31 AM
- - nprev   Great reprojs, Phil! Noticed a crater that...   Oct 1 2009, 12:41 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Yes, and a similarly buried big double-ring basin ...   Oct 1 2009, 12:44 AM
- - nprev   I was struck by this one's symmetry...didn...   Oct 1 2009, 12:53 AM
- - JohnVV   it will be nice when the images get here http://p...   Oct 1 2009, 07:17 AM
- - tanjent   OK, no serious harm done this time but I sure hope...   Oct 1 2009, 01:46 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (tanjent @ Oct 1 2009, 03:46 PM) OK...   Oct 1 2009, 02:59 PM
- - Sunspot   Maybe this story can shed some light on it? http:/...   Oct 1 2009, 01:49 PM
- - elakdawalla   Yeah -- fault handling on gravity assist flybys or...   Oct 1 2009, 03:05 PM
- - tanjent   Galactic cosmic rays could have impacted the space...   Oct 1 2009, 03:07 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (tanjent @ Oct 1 2009, 05:07 PM) Th...   Oct 1 2009, 03:15 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (tanjent @ Oct 1 2009, 08:07 AM) Th...   Oct 1 2009, 03:19 PM
- - scalbers   Here's a version of my map with the Flyby 3 sl...   Oct 11 2009, 02:23 PM
- - scalbers   And here is that version... Steve   Oct 11 2009, 04:11 PM
- - Decepticon   Steve great work! Do you have a Messenger M...   Oct 12 2009, 12:40 AM
- - Hungry4info   I can understand Decepticon's father's req...   Oct 12 2009, 01:47 AM
|- - scalbers   QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Oct 12 2009, 01:47 A...   Oct 15 2009, 05:25 PM
|- - tedstryk   The Mariner 10 data that really looks different is...   Oct 15 2009, 05:53 PM
- - JohnVV   QUOTE Do you have a Messenger Map Only version? (A...   Oct 12 2009, 08:16 PM
- - scalbers   Greetings, here is a MESSENGER only version that D...   Oct 24 2009, 05:22 PM
- - scalbers   ...and an updated version of the one including Mar...   Oct 24 2009, 05:45 PM
- - Decepticon   WOW! Thanks scalbers!   Oct 25 2009, 02:59 AM
- - Phil Stooke   The latest release, a distant view - enlarged and ...   Oct 27 2009, 12:49 PM
- - Paolo   apologies for resurrecting this old thread, but Sc...   Jul 16 2010, 07:30 AM

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