New Horizons: Approach Phase, OpsNav - 25 January 15 to 28 June 15 |
New Horizons: Approach Phase, OpsNav - 25 January 15 to 28 June 15 |
Feb 3 2015, 06:45 PM
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Feb 4 2015, 09:22 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
The LORRI image release for today is up at :
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-A...p?page=20150204 |
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May 14 2015, 05:13 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 15-April 09 From: Wilmington, NC U.S.A. Member No.: 4738 |
When I first looked at the new processed images from the NH spacecraft showing the motion of all four of the small moons, I couldn't help but notice that there was a diffuse blob that starts out beside Hydra and is apparent in the last 3 of the frames. Let me just say I understand this is probably just an artifact. But I haven't quite been able to convince myself of this so I started wondering what if it was real. So in the interest of mostly just pure speculation, what if it is an ejecta plume from an impact event on Hydra (I know what are the odds that we would just happen to observe this). I'm not familiar enough with the orbital mechanics of this system to try and say if the apparent motion of the object would even fit such a scenario. Thoughts?
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-s-n...est-known-moons -------------------- -------------
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