Post Solar Conjunction/Santorini Study Drive, The second leg in our Journey to Endeavor Crater |
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Post Solar Conjunction/Santorini Study Drive, The second leg in our Journey to Endeavor Crater |
 Jan 16 2009, 01:10 PM
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Woo-hoo! And it will be time for a map shift soon. Double woo-hoo!
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Jan 17 2009, 03:24 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10169 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
A polar view of Opportunity's current partial panorama. North at the top.
Phil
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Jan 18 2009, 09:48 AM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
It's been a long road...
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Jan 18 2009, 11:01 AM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 18 2009, 07:18 PM)  It's been a long road... I just was logging off UMSF when I did a last quick stop off at this topic. I know that some people find it hard to see 3 D in analglyphs but for me I could have just stepped in through the screen and started walking .... at least until my blood boiled off. I love the way you go for the depth. One day when I get a bit of time away from work, I'm definitely going to email you Stu and get some advice off you as to how you get such good results! Until then I will just keep walking until my blood boils!! |
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Jan 18 2009, 02:39 PM
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Drive Direction mosaic after the sol 1770 drive.
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Jan 18 2009, 03:01 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 18 2009, 10:48 AM) It's been a long road... The Beacon's still visible on the right
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Jan 18 2009, 03:12 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Yeah, she's still hanging in there... guess she's loathe to give up the limelight, eh?
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Jan 18 2009, 04:02 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10169 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Given the tilt of Victoria's rim, it will still be visible from Endeavour!
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Jan 18 2009, 09:33 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
Well really, it wouldn't be worthy of the name Beacon if it wasn't visible for miles around, would it?
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Jan 19 2009, 01:26 AM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 18 2009, 05:02 PM) it will still be visible from Endeavour We'll only be able to see the beacon from the two or three highest points on the rim of Endevour. Remember that that's all we could see of Endevour from the north rim of Victoria. |
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Jan 19 2009, 01:32 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10169 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Oh well, the last ridge before Endeavour, then! Point is - it will be visible for quite a way. Actually its small size will be the limiting factor. But Victoria itself might show up on the horizon for quite a distance, long after the tiny beacon is smaller than a pixel.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Jan 19 2009, 05:50 PM
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Why did Oppy spend 2 months going no where ?
I think I missed something.......? |
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Jan 19 2009, 06:24 PM
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Conjunction, Science, RAT issues.
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Jan 19 2009, 06:41 PM
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QUOTE (MahFL @ Jan 19 2009, 05:50 PM) Why did Oppy spend 2 months going no where ? I think I missed something.......? The following quote from Steve Squyres leads me to expect that Opportunity will stay in one location for up to one month after every one or two km of its journey to Endeavor: In the final weeks of December, Opportunity has checked out a rock and soil sample, as part of what is to become a systematic sampling of the chemistry and bedrock of the terrain. “It’s something we’ve decided we should do every so often – like every kilometer or two as we work our way south – to see if there are any trends,” said Squyres. “So we finished with Santorini, did a little bump forward to get into position to where we could take some measurements of rock and soil and we’re making APXS measurements and MI imaging there.” Once that task is finished, Opportunity will rove on, he said, “and we’ll start driving fast again.” http://www.planetary.org/news/2008/1231_Ma..._Update_As.html |
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Jan 19 2009, 07:16 PM
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QUOTE (PaulM @ Jan 19 2009, 12:41 PM) The following quote from Steve Squyres leads me to expect that Opportunity will stay in one location for up to one month after every one or two km of its journey to Endeavor: Just to get this back into the discussion thread... A month seems like a long time to stop for these scratch and sniff sessions. I certainly hope they won't be that long. They could be spending more time on science than driving. That's just... plain wrong!
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