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First Cassini image
JPL's site seems to have a link to it but no large image; a little
digging found: http://ciclops.lpl.arizona.edu/view....f5cd49cabb cc (eww, wrapping) It's surprising how reminiscent this looks of the early Mariner shots; it's that line effect, I suppose. It's not like they were photographing rings :-) (thanks & congratulations to the CICLOPS team, et. al.) -- -Andrew Gray |
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Andrew Gray wrote: It's surprising how reminiscent this looks of the early Mariner shots; Yeah, it does look a lot like those, doesn't it? I assume that this gets cleaned up... at the moment we've got image detail that would do credit to Luna 3. ;-) Pat |
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Pat Flannery wrote in
: Andrew Gray wrote: It's surprising how reminiscent this looks of the early Mariner shots; Yeah, it does look a lot like those, doesn't it? I assume that this gets cleaned up... at the moment we've got image detail that would do credit to Luna 3. ;-) Given the extremely high quality of images already returned from Cassini, I'm certain they will be. Looking at the early images, it appears Saturn has moonlets not by the dozens, but by the thousands...and we'll be getting pictures by the tens of thousands during the course of the mission. What an age to live in! --Damon, who's feeling his age :/ |
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"Damon Hill" wrote in message . 134... and we'll be getting pictures by the tens of thousands during the course of the mission. No more folding antennas! |
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Damon Hill wrote: Given the extremely high quality of images already returned from Cassini, I'm certain they will be. Looking at the early images, it appears Saturn has moonlets not by the dozens, but by the thousands...and we'll be getting pictures by the tens of thousands during the course of the mission. What an age to live in! I hope they finally settle just how think the rings are, top to bottom... and what the average size of material that makes them up is...as to the former, I've heard estimates of as low as 4 feet; as to the latter, everything from microscopic dust to boulder-sized blocks Pat. |
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Pat Flannery wrote in news:10e8ase18hls97
@corp.supernews.com: Damon Hill wrote: Given the extremely high quality of images already returned from Cassini, I'm certain they will be. Looking at the early images, it appears Saturn has moonlets not by the dozens, but by the thousands...and we'll be getting pictures by the tens of thousands during the course of the mission. What an age to live in! I hope they finally settle just how think the rings are, top to bottom... and what the average size of material that makes them up is...as to the former, I've heard estimates of as low as 4 feet; as to the latter, everything from microscopic dust to boulder-sized blocks I'm sort of expecting that the rings will prove out to be composed of literally thousands of fine and finer rings, being herded by larger chunks of materials. It should finally resolve into tube-like structures of stuff, though the complexity won't stop there. Also curious as to the chemistry of the stuff; how much is frozen and what's rock and metals? Where did it all come from, how stable is it over time, how old, etc... I think all the outer planets have rings, but nothing so striking and 'solid' as Saturn's. Already wishing for a SIMO mission to further investigate those fine details. NASA should build several JIMOs, IMO. --Damon |
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On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 10:43:50 -0500, Damon Hill
wrote: Already wishing for a SIMO mission to further investigate those fine details. NASA should build several JIMOs, IMO. ....Lessee, if we've convinced ourselves that JIMO is named for Jim Oberg, then will SIMO be named for Simberg Obnoxious? :-) OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 10:19:40 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote: I hope they finally settle just how think the rings are, top to bottom... ....Guys, we're in trouble. Pat's contracted Haller's Syndrome :-) :-) OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote
in : On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 10:43:50 -0500, Damon Hill wrote: Already wishing for a SIMO mission to further investigate those fine details. NASA should build several JIMOs, IMO. ...Lessee, if we've convinced ourselves that JIMO is named for Jim Oberg, then will SIMO be named for Simberg Obnoxious? :-) Trying real hard not to smirk... --Damon |
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On 1 Jul 2004 13:14:59 GMT, Andrew Gray
wrote: It's surprising how reminiscent this looks of the early Mariner shots; it's that line effect, I suppose. It's not like they were photographing rings :-) ....Go look through the RAW images that preceeded that one. Most, if not all of them have that annoying banding. Didn't someone put one of those high-pass filters inline with the coax going to the HGA? Those Saturnian CBers are obviously running some serious power based on those Tennessee Valley Indians we're seeing. OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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