See other posts from February 2011
Stardust update: Things seem to have gone well with Tempel 1 flyby
Posted By Emily Lakdawalla
2011/02/14 10:19 CST
Topics:
Just a brief update on the Stardust flyby of Tempel 1, which happened about half an hour ago: the spacecraft seems to have executed the flyby as commanded and has 72 science images on board. The dust flux monitor recorded impacts through closest approach as expected. The spacecraft was 181 kilometers from Tempel 1 at closest approach, slightly closer than the predicted 191 kilometers (but within the 12-kilometer error estimate). The spacecraft has returned to cruise mode and should start relaying images back to Earth in a little less than three hours.
Yay!
Blog Search
Support our Asteroid Hunters
They are Watching the Skies for You!
Our researchers, worldwide, do absolutely critical work.
Asteroid 2012DA14 was a close one.
It missed us. But there are more out there.



















Comments:
Leave a Comment:
You must be logged in to submit a comment. Log in now.