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Saturn Craft Approaches Ringed Planet After 7 Years in Space
Bloomberg ^
| 6/3/2004
| Alex Morales
Posted on 06/03/2004 9:35:07 AM PDT by Pyro7480
Edited on 07/19/2004 2:14:19 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: StriperSniper; kidd; Two Thirds Vote Aye; Molly Pitcher
We have a freeper who worked on this project....the engines I believe.
Hey Thirds.....take a bow buddy!
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posted on
06/03/2004 10:09:15 AM PDT
by
Dog
(In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
To: Dog
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posted on
06/03/2004 10:10:54 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/" target="_blank">miserable failure)
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
06/03/2004 11:06:47 AM PDT
by
alnitak
("That kid's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver" - Foghorn Leghorn)
To: RadioAstronomer; PatrickHenry
To: alnitak
Thanks! I learned something new about Saturn in the process. The "gap" the Cassini probe is going through is expansive, since the G-ring is so far out comparatively-speaking to the rest.
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posted on
06/03/2004 11:34:39 AM PDT
by
Pyro7480
(Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
To: Question_Assumptions
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posted on
06/03/2004 11:35:11 AM PDT
by
Pyro7480
(Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
To: VadeRetro; jennyp; Junior; longshadow; RadioAstronomer; Physicist; LogicWings; Doctor Stochastic; ..
Science list ping (a subset of the evolution list). FReepmail me to be added or dropped.
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posted on
06/03/2004 11:41:15 AM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(Hic amor, haec patria est.)
To: Pyro7480
Cassini will approach the planet from the south From the south?? Where is south in outer space???
To: oldcomputerguy
I guess that means towards Saturn's southern hemisphere.
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posted on
06/03/2004 12:03:09 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
(Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
To: oldcomputerguy
Most of the planets have spin alignments something crudely like Earth's. Also, most planets orbit the Sun in nearly the same plane. Thus, you can assign North and South poles comparable to the poles of Earth. One of the outer guys is lying over spinning practically on its side. I'm not sure how "North" and "South" were arrived at in that case.
To: martin_fierro
Thanks...placemarker to come back for your goodies.
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posted on
06/03/2004 12:16:47 PM PDT
by
Ahban
To: VadeRetro
I'm not sure how "North" and "South" were arrived at in that case. "North" is defined using the good old "right hand rule." If you curl the fingers of your right hand in the direction of the rotation of the body, your right thumb will be pointing along the angular momentum vector, and thus, by definition, "north." Try it.
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posted on
06/03/2004 12:23:27 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: oldcomputerguy
North, south, east, and west are a little different on the planets than on earth. The tradition possibly got started with the use of telescope that inverted the image, but the west side of the moon, for example is the same direction as the west on earth. While north and south are aligned with earth's north and south, east and west got reversed on the planets if you should one day be standing on planets. We have a very earth-centered view of the solar system that ought to be confusing to astronauts for the rest of time.
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posted on
06/03/2004 12:28:41 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
06/03/2004 12:31:00 PM PDT
by
DoctorMichael
(The Fourth Estate is a Fifth Column!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
06/03/2004 12:38:17 PM PDT
by
pghkevin
(Have you hugged your kids today? Have you thanked someone in the Military today?)
To: Pyro7480
Looking forward to this. BTTT
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posted on
06/03/2004 12:42:06 PM PDT
by
Brett66
To: r9etb
... the good old "right hand rule." Ouch! Should have known.
To: Centurion2000; Ahban
Absolutely, positively try out that Celestia software. MINDBLOWING! <|:)~
To: Pyro7480
4 p.m. London time on July 1, Saturn is in Gemeni right now so wouldn't that mean on/by July 1st it's going to be behind the sun? So how are they going to get a transmittion?
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posted on
06/03/2004 5:55:16 PM PDT
by
qam1
(Tommy Thompson is a Fat-tubby, Fascist)
To: qam1
Gemeni Gemini
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posted on
06/03/2004 5:58:03 PM PDT
by
qam1
(Tommy Thompson is a Fat-tubby, Fascist)
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