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   Andrew Gray to ope011@yahoo.com   
   Re: Cassini Enceladus orbit 3 imaging   
   22 Feb 05 00:03:37   
   
   From: andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk   
      
   On 2005-02-21, ope011@yahoo.com  wrote:   
   > The highest resolution Enceladus images from the orbit 3 flyby was   
   > 60m/pixel from a distance of ~10,000 km.  The closest distance to   
   > Enceladus on the flyby was ~1200 km.  What was the reason for no images   
   > from closer than ~10,000 km.  Night side flyby?   
   >   
   > If so, was this required to set up for the following 500 km flyby on   
   > orbit 4?   
      
   Bad geometry? They were still coming out of the Titan flyby, and may   
   have been too involved with transmitting data from that to be in a good   
   position for imagery?   
      
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