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: 10256 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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Oct 11 2011, 05:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1598 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
3-D perspective view of the south:
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/vesta_...olar_region.asp |
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Oct 11 2011, 05:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1075 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Québec, Canada Member No.: 3908 |
3-D perspective view of the south: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/vesta_...olar_region.asp That image has 1.5x vertical exaggeration (Why? To make it more spectacular?). Here is the same image without vertical exaggeration (contrast enhanced): |
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Oct 11 2011, 06:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 140 Joined: 20-November 07 Member No.: 3967 |
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