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 28 2015, 02:26 PM
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That certainly has a very similar appearance! Its difficult to rectify the lack of energy currently at Pluto still.
There was a blog post a little while back that confirmed that the red channel is IR, green channel RED (though I think slightly back mixed with red probably) and blue channel BLUE. In the full global MVIC shot, this area is heavily covered with very red patches, meaning they are highly IR reflective. So if we dump the luminance from the IR data, the dark patches we see in the LORRI shots stay dark and they look more lake-like (dried of course). Maybe Pluto really did have a much more energetic past with a much more substantial atmosphere. It will be very interesting to see LEISA data from this area I think. -------------------- |
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