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Feb 8 2008, 10:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 544 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
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Oct 7 2008, 02:15 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10256 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Skinakas was a ray-free area of cratered terrain, not a basin. I think a good analogy here is with the old Soviet Mountains in Luna 3 images - low resolution albedo interpreted as topography, which is unwarranted. See the link to the original Skinakas paper in post #56 above.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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