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.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PDF: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Sep 16 2011, 05:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1592 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
Also cataloged here:
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/vesta_dawn_gallery.asp It's amazing how there are some very distorted ancient basins in the more tropical latitudes. And perhaps another giant basin that creates a gap in the south polar crater "rim." And the grooves aren't equidistant from the center of the southern crater, are they? |
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Sep 16 2011, 07:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 6-March 07 From: houston, texas Member No.: 1828 |
Also cataloged here: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/vesta_dawn_gallery.asp It's amazing how there are some very distorted ancient basins in the more tropical latitudes. And perhaps another giant basin that creates a gap in the south polar crater "rim." And the grooves aren't equidistant from the center of the southern crater, are they? Sharp eyes you have there! we have been discussing both aspects (ancient degraded craters, and the large "Giant basin" as you call it, for several weeks. Vesta definitely has a history predating the large south polar basin. -------------------- 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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