MESSENGER 3rd flyby -Twitter Archive – aniwam
Posted by Drew Roman
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Below is the Twitter Stream for Annette Iwamoto (@aniwam) for MESSENGER’s 3rd flyby of Mercury.
Tweets are in reverse order, dates covered in this archive: 9/28-10/1 2009
October 1st |
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aniwam U drive Mercury’s equator in your car at 60 mph, taking 6.6 days. Driving thru nite side, temp is -300 deg F. On day: +842 deg F. [aniwam]
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aniwam In the photos from Mercury there are multilayer craters caused by oveflow and collapse of different lava flows. [aniwam]
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aniwam In addition to study Mercury, MESSENGER will gain knowledge about the sun. [aniwam]
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aniwam@Maggiemoo0422 I hope you are watching the new Mercury photos at http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/ [aniwam]
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September 30th |
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aniwam As teachers we feel honored to be viewing and selecting from the new photos sent back from MESSENGER. Watch the MESSENGER home page. [aniwam]
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aniwam In spite of some lost data, MESSENGER is doing what no other craft has ever done. Like teachers, we assess and move forward. [aniwam]
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aniwam WOW! The science team is hard at work analyzing data received from MESSENGER last night. [aniwam]
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September 29th |
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aniwam Mosaic imaging is amazing of Mercury. [aniwam]
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aniwam MESSENGER back on track, out of blackout & sending data. [aniwam]
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aniwam Just a couple of minutes to end of blackout. What will MESSENGER say? [aniwam]
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aniwam MESSENGER website has virtual images of flyby..check it out. [aniwam]
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aniwam Did you know MESSENGER is looking for moons of Mercury? [aniwam]
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aniwam View first photos at MESSENGER site, Wed. morning. [aniwam]
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aniwam During MESSENGER blackout, the scienists will explore the mystery. [aniwam]
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aniwam MESSENGER entering earth occultation, no signals for 51 minutes. [aniwam]
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aniwam MESSENGER Scientists are troubleshooting right now, just like teachers when a student asks an unexpected question! [aniwam]
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aniwam MESSENGER has made its closest approach and is moving away…still in the dark! [aniwam]
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aniwam The MESSENGER image screen is dark…solar eclipse. [aniwam]
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aniwam The excitement in the MESSENGER room is elevating in energy and volume. [aniwam]
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aniwam MESSENGER is configuring the altimeter to map landforms, surface characteristics and spin/axis data. [aniwam]
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aniwam MESSSENGER is on its way to its closest approach of Mercury at 6:02 ET. We will get new photos and data by midnight. [aniwam]
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aniwam Scientists and teachers joining forces to receive the photos and data from MESSENGER. Join us. Get your students involved. [aniwam]
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aniwam We are here at APL anxiously awaiting the MESSENGER flyby this afternoon. Make sure you join us online. [aniwam]
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