Rhea Revisited, Mosaics from the 30 August 2007 Encounter |
Rhea Revisited, Mosaics from the 30 August 2007 Encounter |
Aug 28 2008, 03:37 AM
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SewingMachine Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 27-September 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 510 |
In the excitement leading up to the Iapetus flyby twelve days later, the 5000 km-range nontargeted Rhea encounter (49RH) recieved relatively little attention here. As we all know, Rhea is the most dynamic and thrilling of the worlds in orbit around Saturn, and I'm certain that the short shrift it's been given infuriates you all to the point of aneurysm. A combination of sucktastic downsampling on the raws page, smeared Saturnshine, and equatorial-ridge envy doomed this beautiful visit to oblivion. As I've had the pleasure of taking a day off to play with these (thanks Emily for that awesome Selected ISS Data page!) I'm proud/drunk to present The Forgotten Flyby.
-------------------- ...if you don't like my melody, i'll sing it in a major key, i'll sing it very happily. heavens! everybody's all aboard? let's take it back to that minor chord...
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Aug 29 2008, 08:14 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 655 Joined: 22-January 06 Member No.: 655 |
^ Magnificent!
I've often felt slightly guilty at vicariously enjoying the fantastic image products showcased here, so I've recently bought Photoshop and am slowly teaching myself the basics - hopefully I'll be able to post some mosaics myself at some stage. Ugordan - very intriguing dark markings near Rhea's equator (and well-spotted once again), it would be interesting to see how closely they match with the supposed orientation of any ring material. There seems to be a large amount of dark material in the Saturn system (Phoebe, Iapetus, and at the bottom of craters on Hyperion, Janus and Epimetheus, to say nothing of regional differences on Dione and Tethys) I wonder how similar the material is spectroscopically? |
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