[astro-ph.IM] This document is intended to accompany our first release of edited Pioneer 10/11 telemetry data. The purpose of this data release is to provide a data set for the […]
Pioneer 11
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Astrobiology-Themed Imagery On Perseverance Mars Rover’s Mastcam-Z Calibration Target
The primary calibration target for Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, features color swatches used by scientists to fine-tune the cameras’ settings.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Interstellar, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
The Breakthrough Listen Search for Intelligent Life: Nearby Stars’ Close Encounters with the Brightest Earth Transmissions
After having left the heliosphere, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 continue to travel through interstellar space. The Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, and New Horizons spacecraft are also on paths to […]
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Introducing Humans to the Extraterrestrials: the Pioneering Missions of the Pioneer and Voyager Probes
This article gives a brief overview of how human life is represented on the 1972 Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 plaques and on the 1977 Voyager 1 and 2 […]
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Particles, Environments And Possible Ecologies In The Jovian Atmosphere
The eddy diffusion coefficient is estimated as a function of altitude, separately for the Jovian troposphere and mesosphere. Complex organic molecules produced by the Ly alpha photolysis of methane may […]