Dawn Survey Orbit Phase, First orbital phase |
Dawn Survey Orbit Phase, First orbital phase |
 Jul 17 2011, 09:09 AM
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I think it's time we start a new thread
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Jul 18 2011, 10:59 PM
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Is that picture facing the south pole?
For somewhat not geologically-minded, what is reminding all of you about Miranda? I don't see the similarities really... |
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Jul 19 2011, 11:35 AM
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QUOTE (Drkskywxlt @ Jul 18 2011, 05:59 PM)  For somewhat not geologically-minded, what is reminding all of you about Miranda? I don't see the similarities really... From The Planetary Society Blog: "The interior of that south polar basin sure looks weird. All around the central peak are chevron-shaped ridgy features that bring to mind Miranda -- which, by the way, is very similar in size to Vesta." |
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Paolo Dawn Survey Orbit Phase Jul 17 2011, 09:09 AM
dilo Good idea, Paolo!
Dawn's ion engine have b... Jul 17 2011, 02:13 PM pablogm1024 Would it be worth renaming the topic to Survey Orb... Jul 17 2011, 02:28 PM
Bjorn Jonsson QUOTE (pablogm1024 @ Jul 17 2011, 02:28 P... Jul 17 2011, 03:18 PM dilo This is an answer to Greg question (from the old t... Jul 17 2011, 06:53 PM dilo With engines on, Dawn still decelerating, even tho... Jul 18 2011, 05:13 PM elakdawalla OK this is making me absolutely crazy. Another im... Jul 18 2011, 07:21 PM Stefan QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 18 2011, 09:21 P... Jul 19 2011, 01:22 PM elakdawalla QUOTE (Stefan @ Jul 19 2011, 05:22 AM) Th... Jul 19 2011, 04:51 PM Stefan QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 19 2011, 06:51 P... Jul 19 2011, 07:14 PM Stu Hands up, I don't understand all the tech stuf... Jul 18 2011, 07:37 PM Phil Stooke Another version of this beautiful new picture.
Ph... Jul 18 2011, 07:47 PM bagelverse Wow, stunning image.
While the south polar peak ... Jul 18 2011, 08:26 PM Juramike Straight to Planetary Photojournal:
http://photojo... Jul 18 2011, 08:31 PM Stu Thanks for posting those links. Used the tiff file... Jul 18 2011, 09:03 PM Juramike That's really nice, Stu! Jul 18 2011, 09:49 PM volcanopele I think I shrunk the original image to something a... Jul 18 2011, 10:09 PM punkboi Congrats to the Dawn team for a successful orbit i... Jul 18 2011, 10:14 PM Stefan QUOTE (punkboi @ Jul 19 2011, 12:14 AM) C... Jul 19 2011, 01:36 PM belleraphon1 Thanks DAWN team for releasing these.
A lot to lo... Jul 18 2011, 10:36 PM ugordan A faux-color version based on color derived from H... Jul 18 2011, 11:09 PM kap QUOTE (ugordan @ Jul 18 2011, 03:09 PM) A... Jul 18 2011, 11:54 PM Juramike QUOTE (kap @ Jul 18 2011, 06:54 PM) What ... Jul 19 2011, 12:03 AM Drkskywxlt QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jul 19 2011, 07:35... Jul 19 2011, 12:37 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (Drkskywxlt @ Jul 19 2011, 07:37 AM... Jul 19 2011, 01:31 PM belleraphon1 Drkskywxlt:
Call it exhuberance.
Mirandian was ... Jul 18 2011, 11:19 PM MarkG Boys and girls, it's "Rampant Speculation... Jul 19 2011, 12:07 AM belleraphon1 "But is it not wild that we can even make sub... Jul 19 2011, 12:25 AM MarkG There is a big difference between Miranda and Vest... Jul 19 2011, 01:35 AM Steve G Sometimes it's easier just to rotate and crop,... Jul 19 2011, 01:36 AM nprev I think we'll definitely need a true global vi... Jul 19 2011, 01:36 AM Explorer1 How far will coverage of the northern hemisphere g... Jul 19 2011, 01:44 AM belleraphon1 Shaken or stirred?
That is the question. Jul 19 2011, 02:06 AM Gladstoner On second thought (or third), it looks like materi... Jul 19 2011, 03:13 AM MarkG Replies...
My understanding is that the North pole... Jul 19 2011, 04:02 AM Gladstoner QUOTE (MarkG @ Jul 18 2011, 11:02 PM) Als... Jul 19 2011, 04:36 AM tasp Love the "asteroid size comparison poster... Jul 19 2011, 04:12 AM antipode I can't wait to see...errrr...the antipode of ... Jul 19 2011, 04:34 AM Gladstoner A little bit of Vesta on Mars?:
And on Earth?:
... Jul 19 2011, 10:15 AM centsworth_II I was intrigued by the quick look Cassini got at t... Jul 19 2011, 11:17 AM Steve G The south polar crater is, by appearances, a flat ... Jul 19 2011, 02:08 PM algorimancer Was arrival facing the south polar crater planned,... Jul 19 2011, 02:37 PM Juramike Coordinated views of the normal and contrast-enhan... Jul 19 2011, 03:03 PM Phil Stooke Nice one, Mike.
The orange spot in the false co... Jul 19 2011, 03:11 PM MarkG QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 19 2011, 08:11 A... Jul 19 2011, 04:52 PM Phil Stooke Here's a composite to illustrate that.
Phil
Jul 19 2011, 04:33 PM elakdawalla You did the enlargement? It's great to actual... Jul 19 2011, 09:18 PM Stefan QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 19 2011, 11:18 P... Jul 20 2011, 03:20 PM djellison QUOTE (Stefan @ Jul 20 2011, 07:20 AM) Ag... Jul 20 2011, 03:29 PM ugordan To be fair, that practice of magnifying otherwise ... Jul 20 2011, 03:49 PM tfisher QUOTE (Stefan @ Jul 20 2011, 11:20 AM) Th... Jul 21 2011, 04:05 PM elakdawalla QUOTE (tfisher @ Jul 21 2011, 08:05 AM) I... Jul 21 2011, 05:56 PM Stefan QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 21 2011, 07:56 P... Jul 21 2011, 07:54 PM Juramike Here's a mashup of the image on the DLR websit... Jul 19 2011, 11:39 PM dilo An update on Dawn trajectory:
in spite of engine ... Jul 20 2011, 07:26 AM Greg Hullender Another interesting stat might be energy/kilogram.... Jul 20 2011, 02:13 PM dilo QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jul 20 2011, 02:1... Jul 22 2011, 07:16 AM machi Enlarging images is standard procedure. NASA use t... Jul 20 2011, 06:09 PM machi South pole of Vesta in stereo. Cross eye and anagl... Jul 20 2011, 09:41 PM Decepticon machi Thank you for the 3D!
My kids appreciat... Jul 20 2011, 09:48 PM Phil Stooke Fantastic! Thanks.
Phil Jul 20 2011, 10:11 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (machi @ Jul 20 2011, 01:41 PM) Sou... Jul 20 2011, 10:56 PM machi Thank you all!
I prepared one more cross-eye/... Jul 21 2011, 12:04 AM peter59 Today is Thursday, maybe we'll see images acqu... Jul 21 2011, 09:07 AM belleraphon1 Awesome!
Thanks machi Jul 21 2011, 11:17 AM Phil Stooke Recent images would be of a narrow crescent, but i... Jul 21 2011, 02:17 PM kap QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 21 2011, 06:17 A... Jul 21 2011, 05:35 PM Juramike With such a lumpy surface, the high-phase images s... Jul 21 2011, 02:25 PM Phil Stooke Hopefully this will be out of date very soon, but ... Jul 21 2011, 04:46 PM Phil Stooke Only the north polar area itself will be hidden - ... Jul 21 2011, 05:44 PM elakdawalla Regarding the enlargement, I like neither the blur... Jul 21 2011, 06:04 PM Stu QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 21 2011, 06:56 P... Jul 21 2011, 09:00 PM elakdawalla I apologize for being such a pest. I think I don... Jul 21 2011, 09:06 PM tfisher another thing to question is the size of the error... Jul 21 2011, 09:45 PM elakdawalla What surprised me about that paper was that their ... Jul 21 2011, 09:52 PM tfisher QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 21 2011, 04:52 P... Jul 21 2011, 10:21 PM Juramike New image! http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/... Jul 21 2011, 10:12 PM elakdawalla OK, now it looks like Hyperion. Vesta's an as... Jul 21 2011, 10:17 PM ugordan So *that's* what it was reminding me of! Jul 21 2011, 10:18 PM Mongo Has anybody looked at the effects of geometric per... Jul 21 2011, 10:23 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (Mongo @ Jul 21 2011, 03:23 PM) Daw... Jul 22 2011, 01:49 AM jsheff I have a question about Vesta's reference grid... Jul 21 2011, 10:53 PM elakdawalla The answer to that question is in the paper that t... Jul 21 2011, 11:37 PM jsheff QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 21 2011, 07:37 P... Jul 22 2011, 12:43 AM Mariner9 I think we have a new image just posted at JPL web... Jul 22 2011, 03:44 AM djellison QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Jul 21 2011, 07:44 PM) ... Jul 22 2011, 04:11 AM Phil Stooke I have been playing with a very rough map of Vesta... Jul 22 2011, 02:09 PM Phil Stooke Dawn's looping round the north side now, so th... Jul 22 2011, 07:53 PM elakdawalla Funny, and well spotted! I've attached th... Jul 22 2011, 08:04 PM Phil Stooke Here's a crater - middle of this view - with d... Jul 23 2011, 12:28 PM Juramike QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 23 2011, 07:28 A... Jul 24 2011, 02:50 AM ElkGroveDan It looks like maybe a fresh impact inside an older... Jul 23 2011, 02:31 PM Phil Stooke I'd say excavation of dark subsurface material... Jul 23 2011, 02:34 PM peter59 I'm curious if MYSTIC simulator use real data ... Jul 23 2011, 10:13 PM Gsnorgathon As Phil pointed out yesterday, that's Tethys. Jul 23 2011, 11:09 PM elakdawalla If our images of Vesta were already that good, we... Jul 24 2011, 02:38 AM Juramike BTW, here's the blink animation between the or... Jul 24 2011, 02:56 AM |
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