Phoenix parachute, changes in HiRISE images |
Phoenix parachute, changes in HiRISE images |
May 27 2014, 03:30 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10229 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Big news from Phoenix-land.
The latest released image of the landing site shows a big change in the parachute since landing. There are lots of images of this site, so a time-series set could be very interesting. Here's a comparison - the left side is a figure from my future book, showing the parachute just after landing. the right side is the newest image taken in February 2014. The parachute has clearly moved very considerably - surely there is no other possible explanation for this? And I wonder if it didn't pull the backshell enough to tip it over, because that looks different as well. I will search back in time to try to find when this happened, but I probably can't put much time into it. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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May 19 2016, 06:18 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10229 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Also - though it's not the parachute, it doesn't seem useful to resurrect another old thread - here is the 2014 image of the lander, compared with its brand new appearance. I interpret it to mean that the lander body is still standing but both solar panels have broken off - they don't cast shadows.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PDF: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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