Pluto Surface Observations 2: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 10 Oct 2015- 1 Feb 2016 |
Pluto Surface Observations 2: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 10 Oct 2015- 1 Feb 2016 |
Oct 13 2015, 09:05 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
This thread is for discussion of NH Pluto surface observations received after 10 Oct 2015.
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Oct 17 2015, 12:10 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 796 Joined: 27-February 08 From: Heart of Europe Member No.: 4057 |
Pits are much more plausible explanation.
On majority of mountains and craters dark material is almost always on the shady side. It's unlikely that this would be different for plains. It's also very difficult to explains existence of dunes on the body with such low atmospheric pressure. We will see pretty soon what's correct as we can expect high resolution stereo data for those regions. What was the resolution on the latest high res strip? ~120 meters per pixel. -------------------- |
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Oct 18 2015, 11:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2998 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
It's also very difficult to explains existence of dunes on the body with such low atmospheric pressure. Not really. Aeolian processes on the Pluto system are easier to explain than dust ripples on the surface of Comet 67P/C-G, which has little sensible atmosphere and very low gravity. These are strange worlds and strange times with so many phenomena in search of explanation. --Bill -------------------- |
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