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 25 2015, 04:59 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 3-February 11 Member No.: 5800 |
If that crater from yesterday's release isn't a pure crater, and as ZLD suggested a hanging cliff on part of the rim, well when I googled such a feature a terrestrial example of an overhanging cliff made out of basalt was what I got.
OTOH all the uneven, bumpy looking material (frozen old slush?) on some crater floors and slopping over crater rims, gives me the impression of an icy mix of some sort. Here are a couple (enlarged and cropped) from the latest release: That cliff feature could be made of icy material too? |
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