LAMO, aka Low Altitude Mapping Orbit |
LAMO, aka Low Altitude Mapping Orbit |
Nov 11 2011, 10:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
I think is time to start this new topic, now that Dawn is more than half-way in the transition from HAMO to LAMO (as showed in the plot below).
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Mar 1 2012, 02:23 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 259 Joined: 23-January 05 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 156 |
Umm... how about Lucaria Tholus? OK, yeah. That's what I thought. But according to the planetary names folks, they are playing by the rules: Tholus, tholi (TH) - Small domical mountain or hill. Maybe they need a new feature name. What's Latin for "bump"?
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Mar 2 2012, 10:10 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 27-June 11 From: Katlenburg-Lindau, Lower Saxony, Germany Member No.: 6038 |
...But according to the planetary names folks, they are playing by the rules: Tholus, tholi (TH) - Small domical mountain or hill... Early on in the Vesta orbital phase, the Framing Camera operations team, far more concerned about correct orientation of the images and meaningful navigation than about scientific or toponymic soundness, concocted a series of informal names that mainly served the purpose of designating easily identifiable features. One of these nicknames was "The Snowman", which has now become part of the popular culture about Vesta. Another one was "Dark Volcano". Cheers. -------------------- |
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