Mercury RSD planning
Goldstone-GBT Mercury Spin Measurements
Please read a description of the experiment and setup instructions for the first run on Jan 12.
The next run will be very similar. The timing information for other
days is available here.
Time has been allocated as follows for upcoming runs:
DSN schedule
DOY Date --- UT window ---
012 2009 JAN 12 1620 1750 1820 1850
013 2009 JAN 13 1610 1740 1820 1850
014 2009 JAN 14 1610 1740 1810 1840
GBT schedule
Band UT Date Start Stop Targets
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X Jan 12, 08 1145 - 1315 Mercury
X Jan 13, 08 1145 - 1315 Mercury
X Jan 14, 08 1145 - 1315 Mercury
Where are the planets?
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This diagram shows the positions of Earth and Mercury in the ecliptic
plane at the times of our measurements. The Sun is at the center.
01: 2002 May 13
02: 2002 May 22
03: 2002 Jun 02
04: 2002 Jun 12
05: 2003 Jan 13
06: 2003 Jan 23
07: 2003 May 31
08: 2003 Jun 01
09: 2003 Sep 18
10: 2003 Sep 19
11: 2003 Sep 20
12: 2004 Mar 31
13: 2004 Dec 12
14: 2004 Dec 18
15: 2004 Dec 19
16: 2005 Mar 13
17: 2005 Mar 14
18: 2005 Mar 16
19: 2005 Mar 18
20: 2006 Jun 29
21: 2006 Jul 12
22: 2008 Jul 05
23: 2008 Jul 06
24: 2008 Jul 26
25: 2008 Jul 28
The dashed line is the line of nodes (intersection of Mercury's
orbital plane and ecliptic plane) and the dotted line is the line of
apsides (line joining the perihelion and aphelion). Each measurement
is particularly sensitive to rotations of the spin vector about the
line of sight.
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Where are the people?
Name Institution Work phone Home phone Cell phone Email
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Jean-Luc Margot Cornell 607 255 1810 607 257 1395 jlm@astro.cornell.edu
Stan Peale UCSB 805 893 2977 peale@io.physics.ucsb.edu
Ray Jurgens JPL 818 354 4974 818 541 1452 818 425 8466 rjurgens@sbcglobal.net
Martin Slade JPL 818 354 2765 email pager 1783401@skytel.com martin.a.slade@jpl.nasa.gov
Igor Holin SRI holin@mail.cnt.ru
TX clearance Reid Drummond GDSCC 760 255 8218 rdrummond@jgld.gdscc.nasa.gov
TX clearance Larry Sturgis GDSCC 760 255 8071 LSturgis@jgld.gdscc.nasa.gov
TX operator Dennis Choate RARG/ADVDEV DChoate@jgld.gdscc.nasa.gov
TX operator Dan Kelley RARG/ADVDEV DKelley@jgld.gdscc.nasa.gov
DSN operator J. Van Brimmer RARG/ADVDEV 760 255 8259 JVanbrimmer@gdscc.nasa.gov
DSN operator M. Silva RARG/ADVDEV 760 255 8469 masilva@gdscc.nasa.gov
DSN SOD L. Juare RARG/ADVDEV 760 255 8469 LJuare@gdscc.nasa.gov
GBT operator NRAO 304 456 2341
GBT friend Frank Ghigo NRAO 304 456 2208 fghigo@nrao.edu
GBT friend Ron Maddalena NRAO 304 456 2207 rmaddale@nrao.edu
GBT electronics Mikes Stennes NRAO 304 456 2132 mstennes@nrao.edu
DSN electronics Carl Frank JPL cfranck@radarsun.jpl.nasa.gov
GBT net access Chris Clark NRAO 304 456 2201 cclark@gb.nrao.edu
GBT net access W. Baudler NRAO 304 456 2267 wbaudler@nrao.edu
DSN net access K. Stanchfield JPL 818 354 6333 626 396 0902 626 394 2112 kevin@shannon.jpl.nasa.gov
DSN net access Eduardo Andres JPL 626 584 4656 EAndres@jftl.jpl.nasa.gov
Eph polynomials Jon Giorgini JPL 818 393 3107 jdg@tycho.jpl.nasa.gov
PFS software Joseph Jao JPL 818 354 2102 818 640 5802 Joseph.S.Jao@jpl.nasa.gov
626 844 0620 x 232
How to reach people at Goldstone and GBT
Operator in GBT Control Room 304 456 2341
Friend in GBT Control Room 304 456 2347
PFS hardware in GBT Rack Room 304 456 2342
JPL radar central 818 354 2877
Goldstone Pedestal 760 255 8470,8469,8259
Goldstone Pedestal Fax 760 255 8515
Barstow Holiday Inn Express 760 256 1300
Who will be where
In addition to our antenna and transmitter experts:
GBT Goldstone JPL Cornell
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2008 JUL 26 Frank Jerry/Marc Joseph jlm
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Questions? Email jlm@astro.cornell.edu