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: 8785 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.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 15 2018, 05:31 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10227 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I was planning to draw attention to those papers as well. It's true, they are amazing. The thing I keep thinking of is how far ahead we are now compared with Voyager 2's flyby of Neptune and Triton. In some ways the Neptune and Pluto systems are similar (not in sizes but in number of targets) and the fast flybys were similar in timing, but the volume and quality of data returned from Pluto is so far ahead of the older mission. It just shows what even a single fast flyby of either of the Ice Giants could accomplish with modern instruments.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jul 15 2018, 12:18 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
I was planning to draw attention to those papers as well. It's true, they are amazing. The thing I keep thinking of is how far ahead we are now compared with Voyager 2's flyby of Neptune and Triton. In some ways the Neptune and Pluto systems are similar (not in sizes but in number of targets) and the fast flybys were similar in timing, but the volume and quality of data returned from Pluto is so far ahead of the older mission. It just shows what even a single fast flyby of either of the Ice Giants could accomplish with modern instruments. Phil It's especially evident when you see how many of the Voyager images smeared or missed. Meanwhile, I can't think of an unintentionally smeared New Horizons image (except for the occasional super-long exposure, but even then it's pretty steady). -------------------- |
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