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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Oct 9 2018, 06:14 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10194 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
That's a great image, Roman.
If you push the brightness of the dark area up even more, the limb of Pluto appears, silhouetted against the atmosphere, which must be very faintly illuminated by light refracted from the opposite terminator. That light came a long way - I'm surprised to see it. Or could it be reflected from Charon? Phil (image subsampled from Roman's) -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Oct 9 2018, 09:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 701 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
That's a great image, Roman. If you push the brightness of the dark area up even more, the limb of Pluto appears, silhouetted against the atmosphere, which must be very faintly illuminated by light refracted from the opposite terminator. That light came a long way - I'm surprised to see it. Or could it be reflected from Charon? Phil (image subsampled from Roman's) Hi Phil- We noticed that faint limb glow in 2015, and decided it was probably from Charon about to rise behind the dark limb- light from the opposite sunlit limb of Pluto wouldn't be offset like that. We'd wanted to image Charon rising or setting behind Pluto during the encounter but the timing didn't work out, so this is our consolation prize. John |
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