Rev 141: Titan, distant view after the storm |
Rev 141: Titan, distant view after the storm |
Dec 2 2010, 10:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 701 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
“On December 5, ISS will image a half-phase Titan at a distance of 2.5 million kilometers (1.55 million miles). The camera will image the sub-Saturn hemisphere of the satellite, allowing researchers to continue to study the recent weather changes that have been occurring across Titan's equatorial region and that have brought methane rain to select regions of previously dry terrain”.
Seems a shame the NAC or WAC couldn’t take a few images before Dec 5th say on the second. Based on the SSS it would seem the area in S Senkyo (around 310 W and -20 ) that almost certainly had intense precipitation is better seen on the 2nd below left, and may be beyond the terminator and invisible on the 5th below on right. Also I couldn't confirm with the SSS that Titan would be as close as 2.5 Mkm on the 5th ??? |
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Jan 19 2011, 01:40 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3233 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
I do believe we *cough* strongly suggested that in our 2009 paper.
Stayed tuned to this channel in the near-future as certainly this story isn't over... -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Jan 19 2011, 01:55 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 701 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
I do believe we *cough* strongly suggested that in our 2009 paper. HA! I was gonna preface my last post with 'due apologies to VP for the rehash'! I haven't read your full paper....can you give me the link. Thanks! edit: I believe this is the paper! http://ciclops.org/media/sp/2009/5480_12560_0.pdf Nice work! |
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Jan 19 2011, 02:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3233 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Thanks for the link actually. It used to be that we had so few papers that I could keep these things straight, what info is in what paper. Let's just say that this is no longer the case... We hint at the connection between the flooding of Arrakis Planitia and the October 2004 storm in the 2009 paper, but we will be making a bigger point of it soon.
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Mar 3 2011, 09:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 701 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
. . . but we will be making a bigger point of it soon. As VP has mentioned he and colleagues will be saying more about their observations on the surface effects of the T72 storm (in up coming LPSC 2011 meeting). The abstracts for the meeting are available on the meeting website http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/?view=abstracts including Turtle, Perry et al report on T72 arrow storm effect in the Belet area of Titan. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/1459.pdf |
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