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Trajectory Animation

Trajectory Animation
Clip: 497154_1_1
Year Shot: 1980 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 854
Original Film:
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 04:26:59 - 04:41:45

NASA film simulating orbital trajectories of Halley's Comet & the Pathfinder spacecraft.

Trajectory Animation
Clip: 497154_1_2
Year Shot: 1980 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 854
Original Film:
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 04:26:59 - 04:33:16

Computer animation of Japanese Suisei spacecraft (aka Planet-A) traversing through space on interception mission w/ Halley's Comet. Computer animation of Soviet Union VEGA-2 spaceprobe in space. Computer animation of European Space Agency (ESA) Giotto spacecraft orbiting in space, en route to Halley's Comet. Computer animation of USSR's VEGA-1 spaceprobe in space, followed by another simulation of VEGA-2.

Trajectory Animation
Clip: 497154_1_3
Year Shot: 1980 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 854
Original Film:
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 04:33:16 - 04:34:30

Interesting computer animation of cometary plasma tail depicting the path of heat and radiation from the sun and how it creates the gas emission tail-- otherwise known as what causes a comet tail.

Trajectory Animation
Clip: 497154_1_4
Year Shot: 1980 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 854
Original Film:
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 04:34:35 - 04:36:50

3-D Computer animation of trajectory of solar system replete with rotating planets and sun; the trajectory path of Halley's Comet intersects that of the solar system. Nifty. Several views and speeds.

Trajectory Animation
Clip: 497154_1_5
Year Shot: 1980 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 854
Original Film:
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 04:36:50 - 04:41:45

3-D computer animation of trajectory path of Halley's Comet in 1910 & 1986 -- several views & speeds including a comet tail brush with earth's orbit. Ends with 3-D computer animation of Pathfinder spacecraft trajectories, 1986.