Dawn's last mission extensions at Ceres, From XMO3 to EOM |
Dawn's last mission extensions at Ceres, From XMO3 to EOM |
Feb 1 2017, 02:37 PM
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This thread will cover all final phases of the Dawn mission, the end of which is not certain at this point.
XMO3 was suppose to be the final orbit, but now plans have changed and it will move into a new higher altitude and higher phase orbit soon. This will be XMO4. An interesting monthly journal for January details the plan: Dawn Journal 31 January 2017 |
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Jul 3 2018, 10:14 AM
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is it a lake or a hill?!?
Are photo metadata available? |
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Jul 3 2018, 10:44 AM
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is it a lake or a hill?!? Are photo metadata available? "The geometry of this feature is similar to a mesa or large butte with a flat top." http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22477 A sodium carbonate-topped hill. Interesting that some of it streaked downslope. P.S. Actually, looking at it in the surrounding context, it's more like a cliff or escarpment, because the south-western side of it seems to be level with the dark part of terrain, whereas north-east side drops off sharply towards the main mound. Most of the flat white area here is slightly darkened, probably by space weathering and dust, but the bright edges with downslope streaks reveal fresher material. I wonder what it means in terms of dynamic processes on Ceres. -------------------- Curiosity rover panoramas: http://www.facebook.com/CuriosityRoverPanoramas
My Photosynth panoramas: http://photosynth.net/userprofilepage.aspx...;content=Synths |
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