LCROSS Citizen Science Blog
Mt. Wilson reports no plume
by Rickbaldridge
Posted on Oct. 9, 2009
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Observing with 16" and 60" telescopes on Mt. Wilson in Southern California, teams from NASA/Ames, Raytheon and Mt. Wilson Institute report no plume apparent on the video monitors during the impact. Raw data is being analyzed which may bring ...
NEW FILE SHOWING IMPACT LOCATIONS
by Rickbaldridge
Posted on Oct. 3, 2009
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Principal Investigator Tony Colaprete's file showing final impact locations inside the crater Cabeus and plume visualization tools are posted on this site at: http://apps.nasa.gov/lcross/observations/files/19/
FINAL COORDINATES ARE . . .
by Rickbaldridge
Posted on Oct. 2, 2009
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Final LCROSS Centaur (Main Impactor) and Sheparding Spacecraft (SSC) target coordinates inside Cabeus Crater are:
Centaur: -84.675, 311.275 E
SSC: -84.729, 310.64 E
Elevations (Assumed Lunar radius: 1737.4 km):
Centaur target elev: -3.82693 km ...
CABEUS IS FINAL TARGET
by Rickbaldridge
Posted on Sept. 30, 2009
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It was just announced that the final targeting is Cabeus proper, not Cabeus A, A1 or Cabeus B. The details of the selection will be made public soon. If you scan the neutron data at: http://apps.nasa.gov/lcross ...
GEMINI NORTH PHOTOS
by Rickbaldridge
Posted on Sept. 12, 2009
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LCROSS IMPACT LOCATION IMAGED BY GEMINI NORTH
Dr. Diane Wooden, et al has supplied images taken with the 8-meter Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai’i of the LCROSS target crater location Cabeus A1. The images were taken on ...