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- Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:05 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Dione Ringside
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Dione Ringside
This qualifies as art! Kudos to the mission planners who scheduled taking this picture.
- Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:23 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: The Nucleus of Comet Tempel 1 - few meters AND few seconds?
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I understand the part about the image being a compilation of images taken at various distances from the target. What has me confused is the following: The impact site has the highest resolution because images were acquired until about 4 sec from impact or a few meters from the surface. Taken togethe...
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:04 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: The Nucleus of Comet Tempel 1 - few meters AND few seconds?
- Replies: 7
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The Nucleus of Comet Tempel 1 - few meters AND few seconds?
There appears to be a slight incongruity in the caption at the photojournal site from which this image originates. At 10km/sec, 4 seconds prior to impact the probe would have been 40km from the surface, not 'a few meters', right? Or am I missing something here. :) I suspect the description meant to ...