Dawn's Survey Orbit at Ceres |
Dawn's Survey Orbit at Ceres |
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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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It gets even stranger looking if you flip it upside down.
I almost think an impact actually pushed the soil upward and out into a sort of hanging cliff? Also, another oddity crater from SOrb12 Zero clue here. I got nothing. -------------------- |
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 ![]() |
![]() I almost think an impact actually pushed the soil upward and out into a sort of hanging cliff? The white rays spray out in the opposite direction of the dirt pile. It doesn't look like both could be the result of "impact push". Maybe an impactor hit a sub-surface bed of salty ice. The white spray is the salt left from icy ejecta. The impact melted the sub surface ice leading to a sinkhole-like slump on the side of the crater opposite the white rays. I'll try to resist any further amateur speculations. ![]() |
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