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Re: Galileo High Gain Antenna

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From: zellner
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 00:16
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In article <16459@umd5.umd.edu>, jjk@astro.umd.edu (Jim Klavetter) writes:
> 
>  So the question 1) does HST have the capability of imaging Galileo
>  when it gets close to earth?  

No.  If Galileo were close enough to resolve (remember one arcsecond is
about one meter at 200 km distance), the relative velocities would be 
MUCH too high.  

>  and 2) would this help the engineers at all?

Very doubtful.  They know what the problem is, they just can't find any
way to fix it.

Ben
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