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  • 25 November 2021 at 5:51 pm #575105
    Grant Privett
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    According to The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/25/solar_orbiter_debris/) Solar Orbiter is doing a flyby tomorrow night. 

    Does anyone know where we might potentially get positions for the probe as viewed from our home sites? JPL Horizons?

    The forecast looks iffy from Wiltshire but it would be fun to try (if rather cold).

     

    25 November 2021 at 7:20 pm #584933
    Nick James
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    Just search for SOLO on JPL Horizons. We’ll get a good view of it outbound on the evening of Nov 27.

    25 November 2021 at 7:32 pm #584934
    Nick James
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    It is a very close flyby, some details here. The navigation is very precise though so we know exactly where it is going. The main “risk” is it passing through near-Earth space which is full of stuff. You can see which ESA ground station is tracking it on esanow here.

    26 November 2021 at 12:49 pm #584935
    Grant Privett
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    Oh, SOLO. That has saved some cursing on my part…. 

    Thank you!

    EDIT: the 56MPH winds forecast for here at the time kind of dampen enthusiasm….

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