Cassini Enceladus Fly-by 02 Nov 2009

[BrianJ]

Close approach to Enceladus S.Pole of ~102km just before 08.00 UTC today.

Screenshot with GEP Cassini and FordPrefect's Level8 Enceladus texture.

Scenario using Horizons state vectors, you'll need the GEP Cassini from O-H:

BEGIN_DESC
END_DESC
 
BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT
System Sol
Date MJD  55137.0899999999
END_ENVIRONMENT
BEGIN_FOCUS
Ship cassini
END_FOCUS
BEGIN_CAMERA
TARGET cassini
MODE Extern
POS 5.20 -45.27 -26.49
TRACKMODE GlobalFrame
FOV 30.00
END_CAMERA
 
BEGIN_SHIPS
cassini:cassini
STATUS Orbiting Enceladus
RPOS -152231012.958695 -6973294.41985622  37770793.405223
RVEL  5104.88924545671  1763.47146142789 -4307.8885321969
AROT 150.19 -37.56 112.53
PRPLEVEL 0:0.233
NAVFREQ 0 0
CONFIGURATION 1
CURRENT_PAYLOAD 1
END
END_SHIPS

Cheers,
Brian