Pluto System Cartography, places and names |
Pluto System Cartography, places and names |
Jul 28 2015, 08:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 423 Joined: 13-November 14 From: Norway Member No.: 7310 |
BuzzFeed have gotten their hands on how the NH team plans to name features on both Pluto and Charon: http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkasprak/the-vader-crater
The names give some clues for how the science team is interpreting things: you find things named fossa, vallis, cavus, rupes, dorsa and linea - all on Pluto. EDIT: The maps on the mission website: Pluto Sputnik plain and surroundings Charon This post has been edited by Habukaz: Dec 20 2015, 09:11 PM -------------------- |
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Dec 21 2015, 10:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3009 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
Thanks, Chuck. Is a Charon foldable globe in the works?
AND while I'm thinking of it in the "places and names" section-- has there ever been a proclamation of official IAU names for the Pluto-Charon system? As far as I can see we're still ticking along with "unofficial names". Odd, since Ceres is updated with official names through this month. --Bill -------------------- |
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Dec 22 2015, 03:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 140 Joined: 20-November 07 Member No.: 3967 |
a Charon foldable globe?
Yes, Charon is on my radar, but awaiting the more complete coverage release they promise here: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Science...mp;image_id=264: "Many additional images now stored on the spacecraft’s digital data recorders are expected to be transmitted "home" in fall 2015 and these will be used to complete the global map." I'm prepping the Pluto data now for LPSC 47. If anyone can convert the colorized Pluto image to a simple cylindrical, I'd be happy to immediately update the Pluto daisy-petal map. Anyone? c |
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