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Awesome, thanks! First up (if I'm reading this correctly, ID#1424): Principal Investigator: Leigh Fletcher PI Institution: University of Leicester Title: Ext
by SavantIdiot 5y ago
Awesome, thanks! First up (if I'm reading this correctly, ID#1424):
Principal Investigator: Leigh Fletcher
PI Institution: University of Leicester
Title: Extreme Events on Gas Giants: Impacts and Storm Eruptions
Allocation: 10.4 hours allocation change history
I bet those 10.4 hours are planned down to the millisecond.
- dmurray 5y agoI'm surprised that is the first priority. It presumably targets Jupiter and Saturn: I thought the JWT was primarily for observing objects further afield. Sure, there's a ton we don't know yet about Jupiter and Saturn...but for reference Juno cost 0.1x the amount of the JWT and observed Jupiter from one million times closer [0]. Is the JWT really the most economical way to make these observations? [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)
- airstrike 5y agoMaybe they're starting with an easier goal and then work their way up from there? Maybe that allows the scientists to calibrate the instruments or whatever I don't know the first thing about how any of this works, but that would be my first guess.
- dylan604 5y agoGot to dial in those instruments some how. Might as well be something large and easy to find.