New Horizons: De reis naar Pluto (en verder) deel 2

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2015 11:19 schreef xzaz het volgende:
Ik verwacht dat Cheron echt vol met kraters en schuren zit.

13-07-2015

Charon’s Impact Crater Emerges in Latest New Horizons Shot



In the image NASA released of Charon yesterday, astronomers pointed out a collection of vaguely-defined features on the surface of Pluto’s biggest moon. Now, with this latest capture, the New Horizons team has confirmed that the big dent in the icy rock’s surface is in fact an impact crater, surrounded by a couple of deep canyons—one larger than Earth’s Grand Canyon.
http://www.wired.com/2015(...)t-new-horizons-shot/

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2015 11:24 schreef xzaz het volgende:

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Ik zweer het je dit had ik nog niet gelezen. ff lezen.

Dat hoeft toch ook niet als je een glazen bol hebt

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2015 11:25 schreef xzaz het volgende:

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Daarom is Europa ook zo interessant.

Volgend jaar begint de missie naar Europa

Met deze instrumenten gaan we de maan Europa onderzoeken

True, binnenkort maar eens een topic aanmaken. Echter is het nog niet 100 % zeker dat de missie zal plaatsvinden in 2016. Ze hebben In de budgetten voor 2016 flink wat geld vrijgemaakt voor de missie naar Europa en de wens is om er naartoe te gaan.

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2015 11:36 schreef Ericr het volgende:
Iets meer dan 100.000km nog. Tot hoe lang na de scheervlucht langs Pluto blijft LORRI trouwens nog foto's maken van Pluto?

hier is een kort overzichtje
Het zal niet lang doorgaan omdat er een hoop gedownload moet worden en het gaat lang duren voor alle data binnen is

Wednesday, July 15 at 00:09 UT / Tuesday, July 14 at 21:09 ET / 18:09 PT: 17m downlink: Phone home
•No science data, just a brief burst of telemetry confirming that the spacecraft survived the flyby

Wednesday, July 15 at 10:00 UT / 07:00 ET / 04:00 PT: 1hr 29m downlink: First Look A
•LORRI Charon at 2.3 km/pix (~520 pixels across disk). Taken 2015-07-14 02:41:49. Range 466,000 km. - The best single-frame photo of Charon that will be available during encounter period
•LORRI Pluto at 4.0 km/pix (~600 pixels across disk). Taken 2015-07-13 20:02:43. Range 778,000 km. - Will make a stereo view with the one downlinked in E-Health 1
•LORRI Hydra at 3.2 km/pix (~25 pixels across disk). Taken 2015-07-13 23:16:11. Range 645,000 km.

Wednesday, July 15 at 19:25 UT / 15:25 ET / 12:25 PT: 6hr 54m downlink: First Look B
•LORRI Nix at 3.0 km/pix (~35 pixels across disk). Taken 2015-07-13 23:19:16. Range 590,000 km. - The best photo of Nix that will be available during encounter period; LORRI's best will be 10 times higher-resolution
•3 frames on Pluto from high-resolution LORRI mosaic at 0.4 km/pix (Pluto will fill all 3 frames, each frame ~410 km wide). Taken 2015-07-14 10:10:15. Range 77,000 km. - The highest-resolution images of Pluto that will be available during encounter period
•Alice, LEISA, REX, and SWAP data

Thursday, July 16 at 04:24 UT / 00:24 ET / Wednesday, July 15 at 21:24 PT: 1hr 50m downlink: First Look C
•PEPSSI data (no LORRI or MVIC images)

Thursday, July 16 at 07:24 UT / 03:24 ET / 00:24 PT: 1hr 52m downlink: First Look D
•3 frames on Charon from high-resolution LORRI mosaic at 0.38 km/pix (Charon will fill frame, each frame ~390 km wide). Taken 2015-07-14 10:23:47. Range 79,000 km. - The highest-resolution images of Charon that will be available during encounter period
•PEPSSI and SWAP data

Thursday, July 16 at 13:23 UT / 09:23 ET / 06:23 PT: 4hr 15m downlink: First Look E
•MVIC Pluto and Charon color at 4.9 km/pix (~490 and ~245 pixels across disks). Taken 2015-07-14 06:49:08. Range 254,000 and 269,000 km. - Color portrait of Pluto & Charon in same image
•SWAP data

Friday, July 17 at 16:33 UT / 12:33 ET / 09:33 UT: 3hr 15m downlink: High Priority A
•LORRI Hydra at 1.1 km/pix (~74 pixels across disk). Taken 2015-07-14 07:39:28. Range 231,000 km. - The best-resolution well-lit photo of Hydra in the data set (there will be a higher-resolution one taken of a crescent Hydra)
•1 frame on Pluto from 2x2 LORRI mosaic at 2.2 km/pix. Taken 2015-07-14 02:49:47. Range 444,000 km. - Will show Pluto filling a corner of image
•Alice data

Saturday, July 18 at 10:30 UT / 06:30 ET / 03:30 PT: 4hr 36m downlink: High Priority B
•LORRI Pluto at 1.8 km/pix (Pluto will fill frame). Taken 2015-07-14 19:06:24. Range 360,000 km. - A departure crescent shot of Pluto
•MVIC Nix color at 3.1 km/pix (~34 pixels across disk). Taken 2015-07-14 08:02:39. Range 165,000 km. - The best color image of Nix that will be available during encounter period; may be used for stereo with image returned in First Look B
•LEISA data

For the rest of Saturday and Sunday, downlinks include REX and LEISA data, with no LORRI or MVIC data.

Monday, July 20 at 16:03 UT / 12:03 ET / 09:03 PT: 3hr 15m downlink: High Priority G
•4 frames on Pluto from high-resolution LORRI mosaic at 0.4 km/pix (Pluto will fill all 4 frames, each frame ~410 km wide). Taken 2015-07-14 10:10:15. Range 77,000 km. - Adds to high-resolution mosaic that began downlinking Wednesday in First Look B

After that, we must wait for September, when the downlink of the full data set will begin. But there will be plenty to explore in this first taste of the New Horizons data!

http://www.planetary.org/(...)ge-expectations.html