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jasedm
post Nov 26 2015, 07:28 PM
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This is the orbit I've been looking forward to for some time as it affords us a closer glimpse at Atlas, Prometheus and Epimetheus.

In fact, Cassini approaches the latter two at a closer range than it will for the remainder of the mission, and observations are planned for both, as well as Atlas.
This, despite having to turn the spacecraft and use the high-gain antenna as a shield during ring-plane crossing to avoid any possible collisions with debris in the ring-plane.

This must have been an extra-specially complicated sequence of observations to plan, as it all happens at or around periapse.

I'm really looking forward to another view of Atlas particularly - can't wait!!!

Jase
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- jasedm   Rev 227   Nov 26 2015, 07:28 PM
- - jccwrt   Here's an RGB composite of astrometric observa...   Dec 7 2015, 08:15 PM
- - peter59   Flying saucer ? http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multim...   Dec 7 2015, 08:36 PM
|- - jasedm   QUOTE (peter59 @ Dec 7 2015, 08:36 PM) Fl...   Dec 7 2015, 09:16 PM
- - jasedm   Very nice Justin, thanks for that! Cassini-Hu...   Dec 7 2015, 08:39 PM
- - jasedm   Prometheus close-ups now available:   Dec 7 2015, 09:21 PM
- - jasedm   And Epimetheus....   Dec 7 2015, 09:32 PM
- - jasedm   And the rings too... Just marvellous!   Dec 7 2015, 09:48 PM
- - jasedm   Feel so privileged to have this ringside seat - sa...   Dec 7 2015, 10:08 PM
- - Explorer1   Gosh, and I thought that Methone was bizarre. Even...   Dec 7 2015, 11:38 PM
- - jccwrt   QUOTE (peter59 @ Dec 7 2015, 02:36 PM) Fl...   Dec 8 2015, 01:03 AM
- - Lewis007   Two gif's of the mutual events of Mimas and En...   Dec 8 2015, 11:34 AM
- - Astro0   A sequence of images from Cassini's close view...   Dec 8 2015, 12:17 PM
- - eliBonora   My (small) moons' collection!   Dec 8 2015, 05:23 PM
- - jasedm   Very nice renderings everyone! Incidentally, ...   Dec 8 2015, 08:08 PM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (jasedm @ Dec 8 2015, 01:08 PM) Dou...   Dec 8 2015, 08:28 PM
- - Phil Stooke   A contrast stretch shows even more grooves on Epim...   Dec 9 2015, 10:20 PM
- - Ian R   I've added artificial color to the WAC clear-f...   Dec 10 2015, 12:30 PM
|- - Steve5304   QUOTE (Ian R @ Dec 10 2015, 12:30 PM) I...   Mar 14 2017, 09:45 PM
- - elakdawalla   Has anybody else tried their hand at the Atlas ima...   Dec 10 2015, 09:33 PM
- - Ian R   Eli's had a crack at Atlas already, Emily: ht...   Dec 11 2015, 03:20 AM
- - Ian R   Three-frame, clear-filtered stack of Atlas, enlarg...   Dec 11 2015, 04:15 AM
- - jasedm   Up late working on that one Ian! Very nice.   Dec 11 2015, 10:36 AM
- - Ian R   Thanks Jase! Yeah, I work best after the Moon ...   Dec 12 2015, 06:41 AM
- - Ian R   Looking at the PDS data for this medium-range flyb...   Mar 14 2017, 06:04 PM
|- - Sean   Great catch!   Mar 14 2017, 06:42 PM
- - jasedm   Nice work!   Mar 14 2017, 09:15 PM

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