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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Aug 20 2015, 09:14 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 22-August 05 From: Stockholm Sweden Member No.: 468 |
The light is hitting the surface from zenith along the equator. that makes the craters much less visible. the further north/south you go the more relief is seen due to the sun angle.
here is a good reference on much of an effect the sun angle makes: http://www.lroc.asu.edu/featured_sites/view_site/6 |
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