At 02:38 7/01/01 , steven wrote:
> Greetings to all,
>I have noticed on the NASDA website the solar orbit for the Japanese Nozomi
>mars probe. It seems to show two earth flybys, one in 2002 and another in
>2003.Anyone have any idea on earth viewing conditions?????
>steve
>
At 02:38 7/01/01 , you wrote:
> Greetings to all,
>I have noticed on the NASDA website the solar orbit for the Japanese Nozomi
>mars probe. It seems to show two earth flybys, one in 2002 and another in
>2003.Anyone have any idea on earth viewing conditions?????
Steve,
The spacecraft you mentioned is in the Horizons system at JPL
ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.html
Here are some numbers derived from the system, for an observer at center of Earth!
Which is easy to do.
Access the system and do your own position. Both close approaches favour
southern Hemisphere.
1. closeest approach 21:30Ut December 21, 2002
geocentric distance 36,000Km
RA 12h 53m 43s
dec -39d 52min
2. closest approach 04:10 Ut June 19,2003
geocentric distance 15,000 Km
RA 9h 35 33s
dec - 40d 35 min
A fuller file has been supplied to Steven by private e-mail
Tony Beresford
-34.9638, 138.6333E
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