HAMO, (aka High Altitude Mapping Orbit) |
HAMO, (aka High Altitude Mapping Orbit) |
Sep 1 2011, 01:12 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10229 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
According to Dawn (who ought to know) the descent to the next mapping orbit is beginning now.
"NASA_Dawn NASA's Dawn Mission I'm done with Survey science operations today!! Time for a several-week transfer down to High Altitude Mapping Orbit (HAMO)!! 20 hours ago" Better pics on the way! Thanks, Dawn team, for the pictures so far. Will we learn of any preliminary nomenclature soon? Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Sep 6 2011, 10:22 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3008 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
> I'm especially interested at the moment in this area from the Sept. 3 release:
And why does this crater have an eccentric fill on the floor? What a peculiar little world. -------------------- |
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Sep 6 2011, 01:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 6-March 07 From: houston, texas Member No.: 1828 |
What a peculiar little world. The Dawn team could not agree more! as far as those bright and dark splotches, we are scratching our heads too. they do not seem to have much relief at this resolution (we are still at ~250 meters and will move to HAMO resolution very slowly) but each significant increase in resolution has forced us to rethink some of our previous conclusions! Vesta is not a simple world. -------------------- Dr. Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston TX
http://stereomoons.blogspot.com; http://www.youtube.com/galsat400; http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/schenk/ |
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