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 Jul 14 2015, 01:02 PM
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Pluto, discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, Charon in 1978 by James Christy; Clyde and many others would have definitely wanted to see them, but impossible in those time ..
we are lucky, we see them today .. we can Daniele Pluto-Triton 6Km/pixel
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Jul 14 2015, 01:04 PM
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The most interesting of the craters to me in the magnified picture is the small one on the lower right. It looks like it hit right at the transition and blew the dark material across the transition boundary between the dark and light material.
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Jul 14 2015, 01:09 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 65 Joined: 19-November 14 From: Milan, Italy Member No.: 7340 |
QUOTE (Daniele_bianchino_Italy @ Jul 14 2015, 03:02 PM)  Pluto, discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, Charon in 1978 by James Christy; They would have definitely wanted to see them, but impossible in those time .. we are lucky, we see them today .. we can Daniele Jim Christy is well and alive, actually he was at JHUAPL today! Maybe that's not what you meant but to me it sounded like he had died. |
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Jul 14 2015, 01:10 PM
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Pluto and Triton from the equivalent global color shots from each flyby.
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Jul 14 2015, 01:18 PM
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Emilly's got the full resolution image: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakda...tary.org/blogs/
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Jul 14 2015, 01:20 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 15-June 15 Member No.: 7506 |
NASA News Briefing on New Horizon Mission:
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/inde...;catid=1:latest |
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Jul 14 2015, 01:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 120 Joined: 26-May 15 From: Rome - Italy Member No.: 7482 |
QUOTE (pitcapuozzo @ Jul 14 2015, 01:09 PM) Jim Christy is well and alive, actually he was at JHUAPL today! Maybe that's not what you meant but to me it sounded like he had died. Very Sorry, I meant that Clyde and many others would have definitely wanted to see them, but impossible in those time .. 
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Jul 14 2015, 02:02 PM
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Big congratulations to the team for getting us there! Compared to (my somewhat vague memory of) the big planet flyby's, I think we're seeing things develop on a much shorter timescale with Pluto - the rate of increase of the apparent size of Jupiter, say, would've been much slower. So this makes it that much more exciting...
Back to business: Emily asked about colour - I don't recall the response. It appears this morning's release has been colourized with a single hue. Here's the extracted hue channel:
Can't wait to see proper colour! |
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Jul 14 2015, 02:11 PM
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Could this be a large slightly-elongated impact basin with icy ejecta spreading toward the lower right?
Charon had to have bounced off somewhere before going into orbit! |
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 Jul 14 2015, 02:16 PM
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QUOTE (Daniele_bianchino_Italy @ Jul 14 2015, 01:43 PM) Very Sorry, I meant that Clyde and many others would have definitely wanted to see them, but impossible in those time .. Clyde is along for the ride! Clyde Tombaugh's ashes. |
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Jul 14 2015, 02:21 PM
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The first impression I got by looking at today's release was Mars, in great part due to the colour. Looking forward to pure MVIC colour images (we should have one down with Pluto 480 pixels across on Thursday). MVIC images at similar resolution should look a lot better.
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Jul 14 2015, 02:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 120 Joined: 26-May 15 From: Rome - Italy Member No.: 7482 |
QUOTE (Bagelvoid @ Jul 14 2015, 02:16 PM) I hope in some way it is there. . |
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Jul 14 2015, 02:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 362 Joined: 13-April 06 From: Malta Member No.: 741 |
The highest resolution picture seems to show terrain carved by ice deposition and sublimation. The cratering visible even within the darkest regions seem to indicate whatever formed these must be old.
Climatic processes are at work at pluto judging from the latest picture. We need the close ups at closest approach to really be able to comment upon tectonic structures. I understand Alan Stern when he said he was not sure about tectonic structures on pluto at this point in time. |
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Jul 14 2015, 02:26 PM
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Canberra now has two antennas being configured for NH; must be preparing for the radio occultations.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 14 2015, 02:30 PM
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A list of scheduled imaging observations with better than 1 km/pixel resolution:
Pluto (LORRI) July 14 04:13:51 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 179248.28 km away at est. resolution 0.89 km/pix. July 14 04:14:39 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 178588.97 km away at est. resolution 0.89 km/pix. July 14 04:15:27 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 177929.68 km away at est. resolution 0.88 km/pix. July 14 04:16:15 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 177270.40 km away at est. resolution 0.88 km/pix. July 14 04:17:03 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 176611.14 km away at est. resolution 0.88 km/pix. July 14 04:17:51 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 175951.89 km away at est. resolution 0.87 km/pix. July 14 04:18:39 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 175292.66 km away at est. resolution 0.87 km/pix. July 14 04:19:27 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 174633.44 km away at est. resolution 0.87 km/pix. July 14 04:20:15 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 173974.24 km away at est. resolution 0.86 km/pix. July 14 04:21:03 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 173315.06 km away at est. resolution 0.86 km/pix. July 14 04:21:51 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 172655.89 km away at est. resolution 0.86 km/pix. July 14 04:22:39 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 171996.74 km away at est. resolution 0.85 km/pix. July 14 04:23:27 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 171337.60 km away at est. resolution 0.85 km/pix. July 14 04:24:15 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 170678.48 km away at est. resolution 0.85 km/pix. July 14 04:25:03 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 170019.38 km away at est. resolution 0.84 km/pix. July 14 04:25:51 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 169360.30 km away at est. resolution 0.84 km/pix. July 14 04:26:39 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 168701.23 km away at est. resolution 0.84 km/pix. July 14 04:27:27 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 168042.18 km away at est. resolution 0.83 km/pix. July 14 04:28:15 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 167383.15 km away at est. resolution 0.83 km/pix. July 14 04:29:03 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 166724.13 km away at est. resolution 0.83 km/pix. uly 14 06:10:15 EDT New Horizons is taking 15 images of Pluto with LORRI from 83646.234 km away at est. resolution 0.41 km/pix. July 14 06:43:00 EDT New Horizons is taking 23 images of Pluto with LORRI from 56315.602 km away at est. resolution 0.28 km/pix. July 14 07:17:48 EDT New Horizons is taking 70 images of Pluto with LORRI from 30003.890 km away at est. resolution 0.15 km/pix. July 14 07:26:28 EDT New Horizons is taking 130 images of Pluto with LORRI from 23859.780 km away at est. resolution 0.12 km/pix. July 14 07:58:30 EDT New Horizons is taking 60 images of Pluto with LORRI from 15386.759 km away at est. resolution 0.076 km/pix. July 14 11:04:08 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Pluto with LORRI from 160954.31 km away at est. resolution 0.80 km/pix. July 14 11:05:01 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Pluto with LORRI from 161681.58 km away at est. resolution 0.80 km/pix. July 14 11:05:54 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Pluto with LORRI from 162408.88 km away at est. resolution 0.81 km/pix. July 14 11:06:47 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Pluto with LORRI from 163136.20 km away at est. resolution 0.81 km/pix. July 14 11:07:40 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Pluto with LORRI from 163863.55 km away at est. resolution 0.81 km/pix. July 14 11:08:33 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Pluto with LORRI from 164590.92 km away at est. resolution 0.82 km/pix. July 14 11:41:41 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 191887.68 km away at est. resolution 0.95 km/pix. July 14 11:42:39 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 192684.40 km away at est. resolution 0.96 km/pix. July 14 11:43:37 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 193481.14 km away at est. resolution 0.96 km/pix. July 14 11:44:35 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 194277.90 km away at est. resolution 0.96 km/pix. July 14 11:45:33 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 195074.67 km away at est. resolution 0.97 km/pix. July 14 11:46:31 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Pluto with LORRI from 195871.45 km away at est. resolution 0.97 km/pix. Pluto (MVIC) July 14 07:05:25 EDT New Horizons is taking an image of Pluto with MVIC Color from 39384.908 km away at est. resolution 0.78 km/pix. July 14 07:20:16 EDT New Horizons is taking an image of Pluto with MVIC from 28206.280 km away at est. resolution 0.56 km/pix. July 14 07:31:05 EDT New Horizons is taking an image of Pluto with MVIC from 20854.035 km away at est. resolution 0.41 km/pix. July 14 07:50:47 EDT New Horizons is taking an image of Pluto with MVIC from 13735.372 km away at est. resolution 0.27 km/pix. July 14 08:00:41 EDT New Horizons is taking an image of Pluto with MVIC from 16282.704 km away at est. resolution 0.32 km/pix. July 14 08:08:13 EDT New Horizons is taking an image of Pluto with MVIC from 20323.226 km away at est. resolution 0.40 km/pix. Charon (LORRI) July 14 04:32:31 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Charon with LORRI from 178279.45 km away at est. resolution 0.88 km/pix. July 14 04:33:19 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Charon with LORRI from 177623.82 km away at est. resolution 0.88 km/pix. July 14 04:34:07 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Charon with LORRI from 176968.26 km away at est. resolution 0.88 km/pix. July 14 04:34:55 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Charon with LORRI from 176312.76 km away at est. resolution 0.87 km/pix. July 14 04:35:43 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Charon with LORRI from 175657.33 km away at est. resolution 0.87 km/pix. July 14 04:36:31 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Charon with LORRI from 175001.97 km away at est. resolution 0.87 km/pix. July 14 04:37:19 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Charon with LORRI from 174346.67 km away at est. resolution 0.86 km/pix. July 14 04:38:07 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Charon with LORRI from 173691.45 km away at est. resolution 0.86 km/pix. July 14 05:14:42 EDT New Horizons is taking 6 images of Charon with LORRI from 143819.25 km away at est. resolution 0.71 km/pix. July 14 06:23:47 EDT New Horizons is taking 12 images of Charon with LORRI from 88389.251 km away at est. resolution 0.44 km/pix. July 14 07:43:07 EDT New Horizons is taking 67 images of Charon with LORRI from 34200.236 km away at est. resolution 0.17 km/pix. Charon (MVIC) July 14 07:45:29 EDT New Horizons is taking an image of Charon with MVIC from 33245.206 km away at est. resolution 0.66 km/pix. Nix (LORRI) July 14 04:05:11 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Nix with LORRI from 156736.78 km away at est. resolution 0.78 km/pix. July 14 04:05:59 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Nix with LORRI from 156083.94 km away at est. resolution 0.77 km/pix. July 14 04:06:47 EDT New Horizons is taking 2 images of Nix with LORRI from 155431.16 km away at est. resolution 0.77 km/pix. July 14 05:57:13 EDT New Horizons is taking 13 images of Nix with LORRI from 66612.933 km away at est. resolution 0.33 km/pix. July 14 10:55:27 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Nix with LORRI from 184363.28 km away at est. resolution 0.91 km/pix. July 14 10:56:17 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Nix with LORRI from 185044.97 km away at est. resolution 0.92 km/pix. July 14 10:57:07 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Nix with LORRI from 185726.69 km away at est. resolution 0.92 km/pix. July 14 10:57:57 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Nix with LORRI from 186408.45 km away at est. resolution 0.92 km/pix. Nix (MVIC) July 14 07:14:32 EDT New Horizons is taking an image of Nix with MVIC from 22235.744 km away at est. resolution 0.44 km/pix. Hydra (LORRI) July 14 10:44:55 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Hydra with LORRI from 156723.64 km away at est. resolution 0.78 km/pix. July 14 10:45:45 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Hydra with LORRI from 157326.38 km away at est. resolution 0.78 km/pix. July 14 10:46:35 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Hydra with LORRI from 157929.86 km away at est. resolution 0.78 km/pix. July 14 10:47:25 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Hydra with LORRI from 158534.08 km away at est. resolution 0.79 km/pix. July 14 10:48:15 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Hydra with LORRI from 159139.03 km away at est. resolution 0.79 km/pix. July 14 10:49:05 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Hydra with LORRI from 159744.70 km away at est. resolution 0.79 km/pix. July 14 10:49:55 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Hydra with LORRI from 160351.08 km away at est. resolution 0.80 km/pix. July 14 10:50:45 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Hydra with LORRI from 160958.17 km away at est. resolution 0.80 km/pix. July 14 10:51:35 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Hydra with LORRI from 161565.95 km away at est. resolution 0.80 km/pix. July 14 10:52:25 EDT New Horizons is taking 4 images of Hydra with LORRI from 162174.42 km away at est. resolution 0.80 km/pix. |
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