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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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