The Perpetually Curious!๐ Planets move, and small spacecraft sometimes borrow their motion. What happens when a flyby quietly alters a journey?
โ๏ธ Gravity assists, explored: https://www.theperpetuallycurious.org/gravity-assist/
Curved paths, patient orbits.
Daniel FischerMore #Psyche images of #Mars, now with NASA's own processing (but further improved in contrast here) from https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-psyche-mission-aces-mars-flyby-targets-metal-rich-asteroid/ - in which we also learn that the magnetometer may have seen the bow shock and that the #GravityAssist went well: with the ion engine on again the spacecraft should reach the asteroid Psyche in August 2029.
And another #Psyche #Mars image from the #GravityAssist, just in as https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/psyche_images/6658/ - see also https://bsky.app/profile/thomasappere.bsky.social/post/3mm2lwu6qrk23 for a great mosaic from images appearing previously on https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/psyche-raw-images/
Two more #Psyche pictures from the #Mars #GravityAssist two days ago - https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/psyche-raw-images/ is taking off, but a lot of contrast-boosting remains necessary.
Yay, the #Mars close-up images taken by the #Psyche spacecraft during its #GravityAssist two days ago have begun to appear on https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/psyche-raw-images/ - severe image processing required ...
Moments ago #Psyche came closest to #Mars during its #GravityAssist - here is the planet yesterday still as a crescent, in fan processing of the raw images https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/psyche-raw-images/ (full caption and credit in ALT).
Jack GrahamGravity assist incoming!
NASA built an Artemis II tracker/visualizer in Unity, & it is COOL.
#artemisii #moonshot #gravityassist https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow/
SPACE-FRIDAY ๐๐ฐ๏ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐๐ฉ๐พโ๐๐งโ๐๐ง๐พโ๐Oct 16, 2025Gravity assist explained from the perspective of a space craft.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ3k...
#ESA #GravityAssist #gravity #flyby #Story #science
Gravity assists: trading energ...
Gravity assists: trading energ...
Gravity assists: trading energy with the planets
OptimusPrimeBotParker Solar Probe: Humanityโs Closest Encounter with the Sun ๐ช
#Approach #GravityAssist #ParkerSolarProbe #Venus
โฉ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=19&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20241228130148
ScienceActuallyThroughout its journey, Europa Clipper will reach speeds of tens of thousands of miles per hour, especially during gravity assist maneuvers, and will travel about 5.5 years before entering Jupiter's orbit in April 2030.
#science #sciencefacts #jupiter #europa #europaclipper #speed #travel #gravityassist
