Pluto Surface Observations 3: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 1 Feb 2016- TBD |
Pluto Surface Observations 3: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 1 Feb 2016- TBD |
Jan 30 2016, 07:21 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
This topic is for all New Horizons Pluto surface observations received after 1 Feb 2016.
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Jul 9 2018, 09:14 PM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Per their FAQ, their expected resolution with adaptive optics is 5 milliarcseconds, which is ~2.4E-8 Radians.
radians * distance = ~resolution Uranus distance resolution ~70 km Neptune distance resolution ~110 km Pluto distance resolution ~143 km So I think E-ELT would be able to resolve ~7 pixels on Miranda. Triton is 2,700 km wide, so it would get ~24 pixels. -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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