dcf@petsd.UUCP (DCF group) (01/18/86)
Got some handy info, thought i'd post it....
As a ham i'm absolutely amazed at the performance of a specfic
22 watt transmitter...Voyager, and the encounter is coming...
for those of you lucky enough to have a dish to receive NASA select,
(which i assume will have live pix as it did in the saturn encounter)
here is the sched as i got it from "Science News Vol 129" :
(ALL TIMES PST)
TIME AT RECEIVED
DATE VOYAGER EARTH EVENTS
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1/23 8:25pm 11:10pm (PST) Begin ring occultation of Sigma Sagittarii
1/24 12:37am 3:22am End occultation of Sigma Sagittarii
1/24 7:11am 9:56am Closest approach to Titania (365,200km from
center) Diameter:1,600 ~ 120km
1/24 8:13am 10:58am Closest approach to Oberon (470,600km from
center) Diameter: 1,630 ~ 140km
1/24 8:22am 11:07am Closest approach to Ariel (127,000km from
center) Diameter: 1,330 ~ 130km
1/24 9:05am 11:50am Closest approach to Miranda (29,000km from
center) Diameter: 500 ~ 220km
1/24 9:17am 12:02pm Ring-plane crossing , at 67 deg. to plane
1/24 10:00am 12:45pm Closest approach to URANUS (107,100km from
center) Diameter: approx. 51,000km
1/24 10:28am 1:13pm Begin 1st ring occultation of Beta Persei
1/24 11:07am 1:52pm End 1st ring occultation of Beta Persei
1/24 11:20am 2:05pm Begin 2nd ring occultation of Beta Persei
1/24 11:46am 2:31pm End 2nd ring occultation of Beta Persei
1/24 12:53pm 3:38pm Closest approach to Umbriel (325,000km from
center) Diameter: 1,100 ~ 100km
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And into history till 1989 when hopefully it arrives safely at NEPTUNE.
This is real gud dx...
73 de KA2QHD johnd
ps sure wish i knew someone with
a dish here in central nj. HI
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