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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This thread is for discussion of NH Pluto surface observations received after 10 Oct 2015.
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Oct 22 2015, 09:27 PM
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I was going by visual appearance along with the reported 'up to 1.3 miles (2.1 km) deep', according to the article I linked.
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nprev Pluto Surface Observations 2: NH Post-Encounter Phase Oct 13 2015, 09:05 PM
Daniele_bianchino_Italy QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 13 2015, 10:05 PM) Thi... Oct 14 2015, 09:35 AM
MichaelPoole QUOTE (Daniele_bianchino_Italy @ Oct 14 2015,... Oct 14 2015, 10:42 AM Gladstoner Pluto LORRI close-ups:
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/so... Oct 16 2015, 05:25 PM Herobrine Here's the full list of LORRI images published... Oct 16 2015, 05:26 PM Gladstoner I would not have expected this pattern within the ... Oct 16 2015, 05:30 PM Bjorn Jonsson QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Oct 16 2015, 05:30 PM... Oct 16 2015, 07:59 PM alan LORRI site is slow, it must be getting mobbed.
ET... Oct 16 2015, 06:17 PM Nafnlaus QUOTE (alan @ Oct 16 2015, 05:17 PM) LORR... Oct 16 2015, 08:11 PM Herobrine Here's a hand-stitching of P_MPAN_1
Click the... Oct 16 2015, 07:25 PM volcanopele Here's the version I made. This also includes... Oct 16 2015, 07:47 PM Gladstoner I assume the blank/noisy LORRI image releases from... Oct 16 2015, 08:02 PM Pluto7904 QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Oct 16 2015, 02:02 PM... Oct 17 2015, 12:12 AM machi QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Oct 16 2015, 10:02 PM... Oct 17 2015, 01:17 AM Gladstoner I can understand regularly spaced pits and rows of... Oct 16 2015, 11:29 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Oct 17 2015, 12:29 AM... Oct 17 2015, 11:45 AM Bjorn Jonsson These images may have been taken to ensure that Pl... Oct 17 2015, 12:53 AM eliBonora The latest mosaic with LORRI images (one was so bl... Oct 17 2015, 03:39 AM Saturns Moon Titan What was the resolution on the latest high res str... Oct 17 2015, 11:21 AM machi Pits are much more plausible explanation.
On major... Oct 17 2015, 12:10 PM Bill Harris QUOTE (machi @ Oct 17 2015, 07:10 AM) It... Oct 18 2015, 11:26 PM Gladstoner I suspect the size, form, orientation, and cluster... Oct 17 2015, 02:49 PM Saturns Moon Titan Are these the highest resolution images of Pluto w... Oct 17 2015, 04:47 PM stfletch Nope, we should get two strips which are about 70-... Oct 17 2015, 04:55 PM Gladstoner Do we know (or can we estimate) the area of covera... Oct 17 2015, 05:10 PM volcanopele Here was the predict for the pre-C/A strip
Oct 17 2015, 05:32 PM Gladstoner QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 17 2015, 12:32 P... Oct 17 2015, 05:48 PM tanjent QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 18 2015, 01:32 A... Oct 17 2015, 09:14 PM djellison QUOTE (tanjent @ Oct 17 2015, 02:14 PM) U... Oct 17 2015, 09:54 PM tedstryk QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 17 2015, 10:54 PM)... Oct 18 2015, 12:18 PM Gladstoner Rough estimate of track shown rendered above, alon... Oct 17 2015, 06:15 PM Habukaz Interesting comparison by Phil Metzger between clo... Oct 18 2015, 01:20 PM Gladstoner QUOTE (Habukaz @ Oct 18 2015, 08:20 AM) I... Oct 18 2015, 04:03 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Oct 18 2015, 05:03 PM... Oct 20 2015, 11:04 AM stfletch Updated file tracking received and expected LORRI ... Oct 19 2015, 08:10 AM ZLD Looks like stereo imaging is starting to be assemb... Oct 22 2015, 08:21 PM fredk QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 22 2015, 09:21 PM) fanta... Oct 22 2015, 09:25 PM ngunn QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 22 2015, 09:21 PM) those... Oct 22 2015, 10:01 PM walfy The above GIF for 3D glasses:
Oct 22 2015, 10:40 PM ZLD It was a simple observation that was based not on ... Oct 22 2015, 10:31 PM Herobrine Here's a full list of LORRI images published i... Oct 23 2015, 06:25 PM Herobrine Here's a hand stitch of (only) the latest addi... Oct 23 2015, 07:06 PM peter59 I had great expectations associated with observati... Oct 23 2015, 07:40 PM alan Some of the craters are brighter at ~5 o'clock... Oct 23 2015, 07:41 PM Herobrine Here's a hand stitch of the 3 P_LEISA_HIRES_L1... Oct 23 2015, 07:52 PM JohnVV just some fun
a 1920x1080 desktop background Oct 23 2015, 08:01 PM Bill Harris And a slightly different perspective on Charon as ... Oct 23 2015, 08:21 PM nprev Seems like each release is newly amazing.
Other ... Oct 23 2015, 09:01 PM peter59 Almost I missed it. Today's images taken from ... Oct 23 2015, 09:02 PM stevesliva @peter59 -- image links broken with ... Same as ... Oct 23 2015, 09:18 PM JohnVV peter59
please fix your links
copy/paste dose NOT... Oct 23 2015, 09:19 PM t_oner Enlarged version Oct 23 2015, 09:32 PM Gladstoner QUOTE (t_oner @ Oct 23 2015, 03:32 PM) En... Oct 23 2015, 09:52 PM stevesliva The mid latitudes are really fascinating. We sho... Oct 23 2015, 09:34 PM Gladstoner Possible track projection:
Since the frames don... Oct 23 2015, 09:44 PM Gladstoner Interesting smudges along some of the fractures:
... Oct 23 2015, 10:14 PM JohnVV one of the new images to come down "lor_02991... Oct 24 2015, 04:13 AM antipode Gladstoner
Very interesting.
Outgassing deposit ... Oct 24 2015, 06:43 AM ngunn QUOTE (antipode @ Oct 24 2015, 07:43 AM) ... Oct 24 2015, 07:33 AM Gladstoner For reference, a post by jccwrt mentioned the smud... Oct 24 2015, 08:05 AM Gladstoner Their sporadic occurrence makes me think outgassin... Oct 24 2015, 08:15 AM fred_76 Some colors on the last Lorri images of Pluto, mad... Oct 24 2015, 09:28 AM ZLD Here's a full tweened morph of the latest ster... Oct 25 2015, 02:07 AM MichaelPoole Why not water? This area is poor in nitrogen, meth... Oct 25 2015, 10:29 AM HSchirmer QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 25 2015, 02:07 AM) Here... Oct 27 2015, 02:56 AM HSchirmer QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 25 2015, 03:07 AM) One a... Oct 28 2015, 03:21 AM ZLD Well, I wouldn't suggest water as a first poss... Oct 25 2015, 01:34 PM MichaelPoole QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 25 2015, 02:34 PM) Well,... Oct 25 2015, 10:13 PM JohnVV the surface coloring makes using SFS a bit " ... Oct 26 2015, 07:09 AM Habukaz The latest LORRI images are really awesome (didn... Oct 26 2015, 05:09 PM wildespace My mosaic from the new LORRI images, a nice sweep ... Oct 27 2015, 07:36 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (wildespace @ Oct 27 2015, 08:36 PM... Oct 28 2015, 01:03 AM ZLD That certainly has a very similar appearance! ... Oct 28 2015, 02:26 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 28 2015, 02:26 PM) That ... Oct 28 2015, 03:30 PM ZLD I don't want to get too speculative or off top... Oct 28 2015, 04:05 PM MarsInMyLifetime QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 28 2015, 11:05 AM) Here... Oct 29 2015, 03:00 PM ZLD Happy to hear and thank you! I'm always tr... Oct 29 2015, 05:10 PM Bill Harris QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 29 2015, 12:10 PM) Happy... Oct 30 2015, 12:29 AM Gladstoner New image:
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-fu... Oct 29 2015, 06:40 PM wildespace QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Oct 29 2015, 06:40 PM... Oct 30 2015, 04:54 AM Gladstoner That is some dramatic terrain on Pluto's dark ... Oct 29 2015, 06:48 PM Explorer1 Now that's pretty! Putting a few more in t... Oct 29 2015, 07:08 PM ZLD Great image. I can't wait to see if they have ... Oct 29 2015, 07:15 PM Gladstoner FWIW, the star field is at the boundary between Ca... Oct 29 2015, 08:18 PM Herobrine Was the new full MVIC crescent image rotated 3 deg... Oct 29 2015, 10:27 PM john_s This new image is in its original orientation, so ... Oct 29 2015, 11:14 PM Herobrine QUOTE (john_s @ Oct 29 2015, 06:14 PM) Th... Oct 30 2015, 07:19 AM MichaelPoole I have just read a part about Io in the book ... Oct 30 2015, 02:42 PM ZLD Here's a quick tweened morph between the July ... Oct 30 2015, 01:40 AM Bill Harris Very well put. Our current visits to minor plane... Oct 30 2015, 03:37 PM TritonAntares Two interesting smaller icefields in the 'new... Oct 30 2015, 04:12 PM ZLD Looks like the new LORRI images have been posted. ... Oct 30 2015, 05:21 PM alan The images of Pluto from 0.7 km must be the Charon... Oct 30 2015, 05:53 PM Gennady Ionov Unfortunately, it seems there is no night-side ima... Oct 30 2015, 05:53 PM ZLD In regards to the latest images:
QUOTE Alex Parke... Oct 30 2015, 06:17 PM Herobrine Here's the full list of LORRI images published... Oct 30 2015, 06:30 PM Saturns Moon Titan So these are the Charon images which when processe... Oct 30 2015, 06:48 PM ZLD Yes but the compressed versions we have probably w... Oct 30 2015, 07:00 PM ZLD Moved to here. Oct 30 2015, 09:15 PM |
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