New Horizons Eeloo Flyby

[Rdivine]

Hey guys!

I recently flew a new horizons replica to Eeloo, to replicate the mission conducted in real life.

I'm attempting to present the mission in a realistic, chronological way.

Enjoy the Presentation!

Launch Details

-I put the spacecraft in a sol escape trajectory that will take me past Eeloo. It was hard to get an encounter with Jool, and slingshot my way to Eeloo. So i had to skip the step.

Spacecraft Design

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15 Days to Encounter

Distance from Eeloo: 3,000,000,000m

LORRI Image:

Description: The first image taken of Eeloo. Only 2 pixels wide.

13 Days to Encounter

Distance from Eeloo: 2,500,000,000m

LORRI Image:

Description: 2nd Lorri Image. Starting to speculate if Eeloo is circular at all.

12 Days to Encounter

Distance from Eeloo: 2,320,000,000m

LORRI Image:

Description: Still blurry.

11 Days to Encounter

Distance from Eeloo: 1,900,000,000m

LORRI Image:

Description: Able to make out its color.

10 Days to Encounter

Distance from Eeloo: 1,480,000,000m

LORRI Image:

Description: Wow.

9 Days to Encounter

Distance from Eeloo: 1,120,000,000m

LORRI Image:

Description: It is speculated that Eeloo may be shaped like an odd potato.

8 Days to Encounter

Distance from Eeloo: 770,000,000m

LORRI Image:

Description: Eeloo is in fact, circular.

7 Days to Encounter

Distance from Eeloo: 550,000,000m

LORRI Image:

Description: You can start to see some canyons and ridges.

6 Days to Encounter

Distance from Eeloo: 350,000,000m

LORRI Image:

Description: Eeloo has craters?

5 Days to Encounter

Distance from Eeloo: 290,000,000m

LORRI Image:

Description: This photo is 120 times clearer than the first one.

4 Days to Encounter

Distance from Eeloo: 220,000,000m

LORRI Image:

Description: Hype!

3 Days to Encounter

Distance from Eeloo: 190,000,000m

LORRI Image:

Description: It resembles a giant snowball.

1 Day to Encounter

Distance from Eeloo: 112,000,000m

LORRI Image:

Description: Last photo taken before flyby.

Photos Taken during Flyby

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After the mission, New Horizons shall visit any Kuiper Belt objects. Sadly there is no Kuiper Belt in KSP. [Take the hint, Devs!]

Thanks for viewing this presentation!

[Tw1]

Not to shabby.