Mystery Pioneer Image Of Jupiter |
Mystery Pioneer Image Of Jupiter |
Jul 20 2005, 02:02 AM
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This is my first post on this forum, so I thought I'd try and make it interesting
I own a book entitled "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Space Exploration" (Richard S Lewis, Salamander Books, 1983). It is a 'coffee table' history of space exploration up to that point. One picture on page 203 is . It is an image of the north temperate region of Jupiter allegedly taken by Pioneer 10. What the picture also shows is what appears to be a 'spacecraft' flying across the image from upper left to upper right leaving a bluish exhaust trail. I had planned to include a scan of the image, but my scanner is kaput, so the directions will have to suffice. First, has anyone else seen the picture in question? Second, does anyone have any idea what might have produced this picture (other than a 'spacecraft')? Is there a Pioneer Image archive? |
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Jul 20 2005, 10:38 AM
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This is an update to my earlier post, which I sent without having a copy of the book to hand.
The computer manipulated image of the polar clouds of Jupiter is on page 213 of the edition I have. After carefully comparing the picture on page 203 with the most likely of the images in Pioneer Odyssey I think that the p152 image is the best match, but I still cannot link the image to a specific picture. Checking the image credits at the back of the book indicates that the picture in question is credited to NASA. The more I look at the image I cannot shake the suspicion that someone added the 'spacecraft' to the image, but without being able to match the picture to a published image I will not say this for certain. Ed, you're also right, there is no way that Pioneer could have captured the image in question. |
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