MISSION PLAN - PDS Small Bodies Node
MISSION PLAN - PDS Small Bodies Node
MISSION PLAN - PDS Small Bodies Node
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Coma images will be acquired primarily during the Far Encounter subphase of the<br />
mission. Images obtained during this subphase will have resolutions of 31 to 3000 km<br />
per pixel. Seven filters will be used at each science imaging episode and will be sent<br />
down at the designated communication times. Approximately 210 images (30 per filter,<br />
which allows<br />
No of pixels (1-D)<br />
1E+5<br />
1E+4<br />
1E+3<br />
1E+2<br />
1E+1<br />
1E+0<br />
28.7 26.1 23.4<br />
coma<br />
nucleus<br />
Image Resolution (km/pixel)<br />
20.8<br />
1E-1<br />
-24 -22 -20 -18 -16 -14 -12 -10 -8 -6<br />
18.2<br />
Time From Encounter (hours)<br />
15.6<br />
13.0<br />
10.4<br />
Assume ~ 100,000 km radius coma<br />
and ~2 km radius nucleus<br />
7.8<br />
b. Near Encounter<br />
1000<br />
5.9 5.2 4.6<br />
Image Resolution (km/pixel)<br />
3.9 3.3 2.6 2.0 1.3 0.7 0.009<br />
No of pixels (1-D)<br />
Assume ~2 km radius nucleus<br />
100<br />
10<br />
nucleus<br />
1<br />
0<br />
-300 -270 -240 -210 -180 -150 -120 -90 -60 -30 0<br />
Time From Encounter (minutes)<br />
No of pixels (1-D)<br />
Image Resolution (m/pixel)<br />
87 66 44 23 8.8 23 44 66 87<br />
500<br />
400 Assume ~2 km radius nucleus<br />
phase<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
nucleus pixels<br />
0<br />
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5<br />
Time From Encounter (minutes)<br />
180<br />
150<br />
120<br />
90<br />
60<br />
30<br />
0<br />
Phase Angle (deg)<br />
c. Close Encounter<br />
Figure 6.2-1 Wild-2 Encounter Comet Profile<br />
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