MSL landing site: Gale Crater |
MSL landing site: Gale Crater |
Jun 23 2011, 05:13 AM
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Jul 22 2011, 09:08 PM
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Can any of you visualization geniuses simulate or describe what the view of the mound will look like from the middle of the landing ellipse? Will we see it at all? Will it look like what Opportunity is seeing now? Or will it loom higher?
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Jul 22 2011, 09:32 PM
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On page 16 of this paper by K.S. Edgett of Malin Space Systems there is a very nice view of the crater mound from the MSL landing target. Don't know the field of view in the image, but it should stick up about 5 to 10 degrees from the horizon.
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Jul 22 2011, 10:02 PM
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On page 16 of this paper by K.S. Edgett of Malin Space Systems there is a very nice view of the crater mound from the MSL landing target. Don't know the field of view in the image, but it should stick up about 5 to 10 degrees from the horizon. The figure says the observer is 15 km from the mound. At that distance, 5° corresponds to an elevation difference of 1300 meters, 10° corresponds to 2600 meters. How does that agree with the local DEM? SteveM |
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