Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Lutetia |
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Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Lutetia |
 May 2 2010, 12:15 PM
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Could that be explained by both Earth's rotation and the polar temperature?
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May 24 2010, 07:24 AM
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Lutetia flyby navigation to start end of May http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/in...fobjectid=47040
Note also that Rosetta's instruments have been used to collect a lightcurve of Vesta recently -------------------- I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically at far less cost and far greater quantity and quality of results.
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May 24 2010, 07:57 AM
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Incidentally, is there a particular method for pronouncing Lutetia? Is it phonetic or what? It's bothered me for a while and I'd like to clear it up before Rosetta gets any closer.
-------------------- To a body of infinite size there can be ascribed neither centre nor boundary... Thus the Earth no more than any other world is at the centre. -Giordano Bruno, 1584.
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May 24 2010, 08:06 AM
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I've been going with LOOT-eh-shee-ah. Not sure if it is right, though.
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May 24 2010, 08:12 AM
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QUOTE (volcanopele @ May 24 2010, 10:06 AM)  LOOT-eh-shee-ah should be approximately loot-eh-see-ah -------------------- I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically at far less cost and far greater quantity and quality of results.
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May 24 2010, 02:06 PM
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I think Paolo's version is closer, but I've also heard it said as loo-TET'-see-ah
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May 24 2010, 02:58 PM
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I'd have thought "Loo-TAY-shee-ah" myself...
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May 24 2010, 03:59 PM
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Loo-TEE-shee-ah?
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May 24 2010, 06:25 PM
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Well, since it is the Latin name for Paris, I would defer to our French members.
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May 24 2010, 06:50 PM
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Okay, I'll play: "Loo-TEE-sha".
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May 24 2010, 06:58 PM
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The Wikipedia article says it's /ljuːˈtiːʃiə/ (lew-TEE-shee-uh) but also says it's possible to pronounce it as Latin (Lutētia), that is, loo-TAY-tee-ah.
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May 24 2010, 07:13 PM
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Beginning to appreciate the IAU's asteroid numbering system more & more...I know how to say "21".
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May 31 2010, 03:02 PM
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There are two very interesting papers on adaptive optics observations of Lutetia on arXiv today:
Physical properties of ESA/NASA Rosetta target asteroid (21) Lutetia: Shape and flyby geometry The triaxial ellipsoid dimensions, rotational pole, and bulk density of ESA/NASA Rosetta target asteroid (21) Lutetia turns out Lutetia spins on its side like Uranus, and one entire hemisphere will not be illuminated when Rosetta swings by. As for the shape, QUOTE asteroid (21) Lutetia is well described by a wedge of Camembert cheese (justifying the Parisian name of Lutetia) 
-------------------- I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically at far less cost and far greater quantity and quality of results.
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Jun 17 2010, 04:17 PM
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Rosetta has started imaging Lutetia. Not much to see yet. The images are used for navigation purposes.
http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/5/1191 |
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Jun 17 2010, 08:51 PM
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Can't see the moons or rings or volcanoes yet . . . .
Reassuring the craft is on target and the trajectory tweaks are being computed. Getting pretty excited to see this rock up close. |
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