Miranda: Verona Rupes |
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![]() Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 9-August 12 From: Seattle, Washington (USA) Member No.: 6517 ![]() |
Hi...just wondering if anyone has a reliable source for the height of Miranda's spectacular Verona Rupes fault scarp? Estimates for the height range from 5 km to 20 km.
Thanks, --Phil -------------------- Twitter: @philna | seattle.wa.usa
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Solar System Cartographer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 10193 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 ![]() |
Here is my 1991 LPSC abstract about Miranda.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc1991/pdf/1667.pdf I can't believe I've been doing this for over 20 years... 26 actually as my first LPSC was in 1986. 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 PD: 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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![]() Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 9-August 12 From: Seattle, Washington (USA) Member No.: 6517 ![]() |
Thanks, Phil! ...I just returned fom vacation and found your abstract post. So the cliffs are likely more like 5 - 15 km. Would the base of the cliffs be filled a sloping mass of ice/rocky talus? I wonder how far this would spread out in low-g.
BTW, the abstract is now 404. Thanks, --Phil -------------------- Twitter: @philna | seattle.wa.usa
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check out this post for a year or so ago . . .
http://stereomoons.blogspot.com/2009/09/mi...as-warning.html Includes global map and topography of the south. I suppose i should write this up one of these days with some actual measurements and stuff . . . -------------------- 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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![]() Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 9-August 12 From: Seattle, Washington (USA) Member No.: 6517 ![]() |
The video and still projections are fantastic! It looks like you're landing north of the Alonso crater near where Argiers and Verona Rupes meet. It would be interesting to to see this as a spherical projection, if you get around to it someday.
BTW, do you know if there's any evidence suggesting that Miranda is experiencing active cryovolcanism? It's such tortured terrain - reminds me of Enceladus. I realize Voyager 2 did not detect any plumes and that only half the satellite was imaged. Could ground-based telescopes have picked up the telltale traces of ammonia around Miranda? Oh, also, would you happen to know where I can find more info about how Miranda is interacting with the Uranian magnetosphere and radiation belts? (Disclaimer: I'm a software designer with a b/g in astronautics. When it comes to planetary science, I'm an enthusiatic noob and simply interested in learning.) Thanks again, --Phil -------------------- Twitter: @philna | seattle.wa.usa
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