Rings are not a real worry

Gary — 1/19/2003 10:23:27 AM (archived)

Pioneers 10 and 11 along with Voyagers 1 and 2 flew through the ring orbital planes of the gas giants during their flybys. I believe(?) one of the Voyagers got quite close to the rings. Quite frankly, I do not understand why rings have not been an issue.

Gary

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About the proposed Prometheus project: [I say] Forget Mars! Let's go to Jupiter! - Jacob Samorodin - 1/18/2003 8:42:09 PM
- Calisto is a better location than Ganymede - Buck Galaxy - 1/19/2003 4:19:20 PM
  - Re: Calisto is a better location than Ganymede - phil - 1/20/2003 7:30:41 PM
    - Re: Calisto is a better location than Ganymede - ectoterrestrial - 1/20/2003 7:52:03 PM
- Aerobraking - Nick Hoffman - 1/18/2003 12:49:14 PM
  - Aerobraking doesn't work with Jupiter - Gary - 1/18/2003 7:38:09 PM
    - Re: rings - Raoul - 1/19/2003 10:18:45 AM
      - Rings are not a real worry - Gary - 1/19/2003 10:23:27 AM
- Re: About the proposed Prometheus project: [I say] Forget Mars! Let's go to Jupiter! - phil - 1/18/2003 11:47:23 AM
  - In 3 years... - Nick Hoffman - 1/18/2003 12:46:31 PM
    - Heh heh heh! You two guys [Phil, Nick] kill me. [n/t] (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/19/2003 6:35:09 PM

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