Posted on May 4, 2020
APOD: 2020 May 4 - Earth Flyby of BepiColombo
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Earth Flyby of BepiColombo." We haven't seen this perspective of Earth since the days of the Apollo missions. BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury. Launched on 20 October 2018, it is on a seven year journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System. BepiColombo is a joint mission between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and will arrive at Mercury in 2025. Earth can be seen rotating on approach as it comes out from behind the spacecraft's high-gain antenna in this short five-second (but nearly 10-hour time-lapse) video clip.
APOD: 2020 May 4 - Earth Flyby of BepiColombo
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Video of the Day (AVOD) for Monday, May 4, 2020 entitled "Earth Flyby of BepiColombo."
Video: Earth Flyby of BepiColombo - Image Credit & License: ESA, BepiColombo, MTM
"Explanation: What it would look like to approach planet Earth? Such an event was recorded visually in great detail by ESA's and JAXA's robotic BepiColombo spacecraft last month as it swung back past Earth on its journey in to the planet Mercury. Earth can be seen rotating on approach as it comes out from behind the spacecraft's high-gain antenna in this nearly 10-hour time-lapse video. The Earth is so bright that no background stars are visible. Launched in 2018, the robotic BepiColombo used the gravity of Earth to adjust its course, the first of nine planetary flybys over the next seven years -- but the only one involving Earth. Scheduled to enter orbit in 2025, BepiColombo will take images and data of the surface and magnetic field of Mercury in an effort to better understand the early evolution of our Solar System and its innermost planet.?
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Video: Earth Flyby of BepiColombo - Image Credit & License: ESA, BepiColombo, MTM
"Explanation: What it would look like to approach planet Earth? Such an event was recorded visually in great detail by ESA's and JAXA's robotic BepiColombo spacecraft last month as it swung back past Earth on its journey in to the planet Mercury. Earth can be seen rotating on approach as it comes out from behind the spacecraft's high-gain antenna in this nearly 10-hour time-lapse video. The Earth is so bright that no background stars are visible. Launched in 2018, the robotic BepiColombo used the gravity of Earth to adjust its course, the first of nine planetary flybys over the next seven years -- but the only one involving Earth. Scheduled to enter orbit in 2025, BepiColombo will take images and data of the surface and magnetic field of Mercury in an effort to better understand the early evolution of our Solar System and its innermost planet.?
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FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPL Dave Hoover Cpl (Join to see) SPC Nancy Greene SPC Margaret Higgins SGT Steve McFarland SP5 Mark Kuzinski Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC (Join to see) Maj Robert Thornton Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SSG Michael Noll
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APOD: 2020-05-04 - Earth Flyby of BepiColombo (Narrated by Emma)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - May 4th, 2020 - Earth Flyby of BepiColombo (Narrated by Emma) What it would look like to approach planet Earth? Such an event ...
APOD: 2020-05-04 - Earth Flyby of BepiColombo (Narrated by Emma)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - May 4th, 2020 - Earth Flyby of BepiColombo (Narrated by Emma)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnsIik-GsFM
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Astronomy Picture of the Day - May 4th, 2020 - Earth Flyby of BepiColombo (Narrated by Emma)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnsIik-GsFM
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Good "Monday" Moring and welcome to a new week Bill! Thanks for sharing the APOD titled "Earth Flyby of BepiColombo" with us today Maj William W. 'Bill' Price - have a great day brother!
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