"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable...
I found this quite helpful...
http://www.rssd.esa.int/SB-general/Projects/Huygens/Mission/Huygens.html
I believe Huygens' arrival at Titan will now be mid-January 2005 due to rescheduling of the mission. The reason for rescheduling is quite interesting in itself, I'll try to find links...
Hi,
interesting question, can't find any references on the web, so here's a couple of thoughts...
My understanding of the Earth/Sun L4 & L5 points is that they lie on the Earths orbit with the lines linking them to the Sun making 60° angles with the Earth-Sun line. So Earth/Sun/L4 and...
Thanks so much for your thoughts! I guess I'm asking a 4-body problem here...complicated stuff (for me, anyway :smile: ). Thanks for link to Hill Sphere formula and also the orbit simulations - very interesting.
I know some (or at least 1, Ida/Dactyl) asteroids have moons, but I was thinking...
Greetings all :smile:
This seems like a good place to ask a question that's been rolling around my head for a while...
1. To my knowledge there are no "moons of moons" within the Solar Sytem - no natural satellites of any of the moons of Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus, Neptune or Pluto...