Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point' |
Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point' |
Feb 8 2011, 03:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Starting a new topic to include Eduardo's Google overlay for the rest of the journey to Cape York:
http://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/gmars_ma...41_1775_RED.kml Follow the link above and it should load right in to your Google Mars features. I took a low crow's flight along the final 6km this morning. Below in green is what I think the final route will look like. Also an interesting feature along the way that appears to be a cluster of rocks, possibly Santa Maria ejecta, or large meteorite fragments. Note how the dune has evolved around the three (or more) objects. Object is at -2.199395°, -5.396676° -- roughly 3km down range from Santa Maria. EDIT: bad link replaced, wider context image added for three rocks. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Apr 10 2011, 08:41 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
830m ahead is a "double crater" that looks like an interesting place to stop and hang out for a few sols' rest...
Here's how big they are compared to Santa Maria... (taken from: http://roadtoendeavour.wordpress.com/2011/...ark-stuff-again ) -------------------- |
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Apr 10 2011, 06:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
830m ahead is a "double crater" that looks like an interesting place to stop and hang out for a few sols' rest...
Your map is great and it feels like reading an old S/F novel wandering among the stars with big voids of space and nothing to see in between... It's af if we just left Sol (Santa Maria) and are heading towards a red dwarf star with its mysterious planet ("double crater"). We are going to fly-by this planet just before encoutering the red dwarf, but we know that we are are irresistibly drawn by the giant Arcturus (Endeavour) |
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