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Old July 1st 04, 02:14 PM
Andrew Gray
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Default 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.)


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Old July 1st 04, 03:48 PM
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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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Old July 1st 04, 04:02 PM
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Pat Flannery wrote in
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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. ;-)


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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Old July 1st 04, 04:12 PM
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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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Old July 1st 04, 04:19 PM
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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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Old July 1st 04, 04:43 PM
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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


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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Old July 1st 04, 07:52 PM
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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

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Old July 1st 04, 07:53 PM
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On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 10:19:40 -0500, Pat Flannery
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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

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Old July 1st 04, 07:54 PM
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OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote
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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? :-)


Trying real hard not to smirk...

--Damon

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Old July 1st 04, 08:13 PM
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On 1 Jul 2004 13:14:59 GMT, Andrew Gray
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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

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