Nemeski@lemm.ee to European Space Agency@feddit.nlEnglish · 15 days agoTimelapse of BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flybywww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoMendelssohn’s Hebrides was a beautiful music choice. The thumbnail says “last flyby”. Is this “last” as in “most recent” or as in “final”?
minus-squareNemeski@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-212 days agoA quick search says final, because it is supposed to enter Mercury’s orbit late this year and then split into two different spacecrafts: Europe’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Japan’s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter
Mendelssohn’s Hebrides was a beautiful music choice.
The thumbnail says “last flyby”. Is this “last” as in “most recent” or as in “final”?
A quick search says final, because it is supposed to enter Mercury’s orbit late this year and then split into two different spacecrafts: Europe’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Japan’s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter