... SATURDAY MORNING PENUMBRAL ECLIPSE Speaking of the Moon, our satellite skims through the fringe of the Earth's shadow for a penumbral lunar eclipse on the morning of September 6th. ...
... 1 deg Trajectory: Periselene: 90 km Aposelene: 110 km Period: 118 minutes duration Occultations: 35 minutes duration Eclipses: 15 minutes duration A total of 72 commands were sent to the Lunar Prospector spacecraft on Thursday night and Friday to set the ...
... km Period: 118 minutes Occultations: None Eclipses: 25 minutes duration During the ... towards the sun for thermal reasons and to reduce boom shadowing on the solar arrays ...
... Ionization of the upper atmospheric gas by solar radiation produces the charged-particle atmosphere (ionosphere) that acts as an obstacle to the solar wind. ...
... SOLAR TORNADOES Giant vortexes of gas on the Sun, likened to Earthly tornadoes, have been discovered by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. ...
... DOY 018/19:00:00 UTC) Last Orbit Covered by this Report = 1104 Total Phase I Aerobraking orbits accomplished = 180 Total Phase II Aerobraking orbits accomplished = 529 Total Science Phasing orbits accomplished = 290 Apoapsis altitude = 2470.8 km Apoapsis ...
... Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer, Fast Auroral Snapshot, Solar Anomalous Magnetospheric Particle Explorer, Transition Region ... solar arrays will face the meteor storm and three of the most sensitive instruments -- the Solar Energetic Particle Ionic ...
... The Discovery Program addresses the scientific goals of the Solar System Exploration Theme and the Extra-Solar Planetary Systems goals of the Astronomical Search for Origins Theme. ...
... Remaining: 30.7 kg; (22%) Occultations: 46 Eclipses: 43 minutes Hа сегодня все, пока ... 40.5 COMET SOHO On May 3rd, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite ...