Dawn's Survey Orbit at Ceres |
Dawn's Survey Orbit at Ceres |
Jun 15 2015, 05:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
daily Ceres picture from the survey orbit
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images...tml?id=PIA19572 I started a new topic, as we are no longer in the first orbit phase |
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Jun 23 2015, 11:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 716 Joined: 3-January 08 Member No.: 3995 |
I'm leaning toward it a series of vertical or high-angle fractures mainly because there are a couple similar features nearby on the basin floors.
Also, at this point, I think layering is less likely also because it is the only example observed (so far) in a crater or basin wall. That is, unless the slump just happens to expose a rare example of a section of 'lava' flows or whatever. But then Ceres is already known for its 'unlikely' and isolated features (bright spots, the big mountain). And finally, who knows what will turn up in relatively fresh rim scarps once higher resolution imagery comes in. |
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