NH Arrokoth (formerly Ultima Thule) Encounter Observations & Results, post-flyby discussion as the data arrives |
NH Arrokoth (formerly Ultima Thule) Encounter Observations & Results, post-flyby discussion as the data arrives |
 Jan 4 2019, 01:16 AM
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This will be where we talk about the data as it arrives over the next 20 months or so.
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Jan 16 2019, 12:00 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 439 Joined: 14-December 15 Member No.: 7860 |
New movie from 500000 km to 28000 km: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-A...p?page=20190115
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Jan 16 2019, 01:04 AM
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QUOTE (Marcin600 @ Jan 16 2019, 01:00 AM)  New movie from 500000 km to 28000 km: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-A...p?page=20190115 From the release: "...rotation of Ultima Thule in the seven hours between 20:00 UT (3 p.m. ET) on Dec. 31, 2018, and 05:01 UT (12:01 a.m.) on Jan. 1, 2019..." Isn't that nine hours? |
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nprev NH Arrokoth (formerly Ultima Thule) Encounter Observations & Results Jan 4 2019, 01:16 AM
Roman Tkachenko Just made it a little smoother Jan 6 2019, 02:40 AM Decepticon Can we expect more images by Friday 11th? Jan 6 2019, 11:30 PM Gladstoner Which areas of Ultima Thule got the highest resolu... Jan 7 2019, 07:40 AM
MahFL QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Jan 7 2019, 08:40 AM)... Jan 7 2019, 10:29 PM john_s The LORRI field of view in the highest-resolution ... Jan 7 2019, 11:46 PM nprev Posts concerning the search for a new target after... Jan 7 2019, 03:39 PM hendric New Horizons is in solar conjunction, I think new ... Jan 7 2019, 04:05 PM WTW QUOTE (hendric @ Jan 7 2019, 04:05 PM) Ne... Jan 8 2019, 08:18 AM Ron Hobbs Canberra is listening and talking to New Horizons ... Jan 10 2019, 04:11 AM Nafnlaus QUOTE (Ron Hobbs @ Jan 10 2019, 04:11 AM)... Jan 10 2019, 12:19 PM vikingmars An excellent article was just posted by the NH tea... Jan 11 2019, 10:16 AM wildespace QUOTE (vikingmars @ Jan 11 2019, 10:16 AM... Jan 12 2019, 09:50 AM pioneer Does anyone know when the next press conference wi... Jan 11 2019, 05:52 PM alex_k Trying to sharpen
Jan 13 2019, 09:47 AM fredk It's hard to know without seeing the raw image... Jan 13 2019, 02:50 PM kenny The interesting light color at the "neck... Jan 13 2019, 10:00 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (kenny @ Jan 13 2019, 11:00 PM) The... Jan 13 2019, 11:29 PM JTN QUOTE (HSchirmer @ Jan 13 2019, 11:29 PM)... Jan 14 2019, 01:19 AM JTN Tidbit from Alan Stern on Twitter yesterday: ... Jan 14 2019, 10:01 AM Alan Stern QUOTE (JTN @ Jan 14 2019, 11:01 AM) Tidbi... Jan 14 2019, 10:26 PM peikojose QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jan 14 2019, 06:26 PM... Jan 15 2019, 12:55 AM John Moore QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jan 14 2019, 10:26 PM... Jan 15 2019, 02:51 AM alex_k An animation about details. Quality of 4:22 LORRI ... Jan 14 2019, 02:00 PM Marcin600 A slightly more elongated and less round shape of ... Jan 15 2019, 07:18 PM john_s Oops! Sorry about that.
John Jan 16 2019, 01:27 AM Ian R Wonderful images! Amazing how a slew of pictur... Jan 16 2019, 07:19 AM john_s QUOTE (Ian R @ Jan 16 2019, 12:19 AM) I t... Jan 17 2019, 12:00 PM Ian R QUOTE (john_s @ Jan 17 2019, 12:00 PM) Th... Jan 18 2019, 05:37 PM Ian R My speculation is that the two lobes were never in... Jan 16 2019, 08:19 AM Marcin600 QUOTE (Ian R @ Jan 16 2019, 09:19 AM) My ... Jan 16 2019, 08:38 AM Marcin600 For example, two bodies could be originally separa... Jan 16 2019, 09:03 AM stevesliva QUOTE (Marcin600 @ Jan 16 2019, 04:03 AM)... Jan 16 2019, 03:40 PM pdalek Ultima Thule looks like a snowman. A big snowman ... Jan 17 2019, 05:33 AM Marcin600 As Stevesilva supposes, the slightly flattened sha... Jan 17 2019, 08:15 AM Explorer1 New post from Alan: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-C... Jan 18 2019, 05:13 AM Roman Tkachenko I just played around with the sequence
https://ww... Jan 18 2019, 09:28 AM alex_k Looking for surface features. Strong Fourier-based... Jan 18 2019, 03:00 PM alan What would happen when a body the size of one of U... Jan 18 2019, 07:54 PM kenny Analysis of Ultima Thule comparing its morphology ... Jan 21 2019, 07:27 PM john_s The current best image (a big improvement over the... Jan 24 2019, 08:53 PM Phil Stooke Wow, that is a fantastic image - I have just playe... Jan 24 2019, 09:48 PM Marcin600 An amazing object!!! And it is becomin... Jan 24 2019, 10:28 PM Gladstoner This faint white ring is... interesting:
So far... Jan 24 2019, 10:36 PM Explorer1 Amazing new image! It really does look more li... Jan 24 2019, 10:51 PM abalone I get the impression that its possibly evidence of... Jan 24 2019, 11:04 PM hendric Yeah that's my thought too, kinda like a kid w... Jan 24 2019, 11:15 PM Marcin600 QUOTE (hendric @ Jan 25 2019, 12:15 AM) Y... Jan 24 2019, 11:38 PM Ian R It's a jaw-dropping image: congratulations to ... Jan 24 2019, 11:32 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (Ian R @ Jan 25 2019, 12:32 AM) It... Jan 25 2019, 05:48 AM Webscientist Very nice work!
Some "scientific artists... Jan 25 2019, 04:38 PM Steve5304 I would think that you just don't have that mu... Jan 25 2019, 05:59 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (Steve5304 @ Jan 25 2019, 05:59 PM)... Feb 1 2019, 08:00 AM dudley One side of that dim ring on Ultima appears to be ... Jan 25 2019, 12:20 AM serpens The news article comments on differences in the ge... Jan 25 2019, 07:01 AM Ian R The two best views of UT thus far (courtesy of LOR... Jan 25 2019, 11:23 AM Steve5304 QUOTE (Ian R @ Jan 25 2019, 11:23 AM) The... Jan 25 2019, 01:08 PM stevesliva If we think back to the fact that they're more... Jan 25 2019, 02:26 PM Gladstoner The sparse cratering is intriguing. So far, the bo... Jan 25 2019, 03:53 PM tty It seems to me that an impact as large as the one ... Jan 25 2019, 07:07 PM Marcin600 Small round pits are not necessarily impact crater... Jan 25 2019, 07:30 PM Rittmann Some speculation based on the last image two-frame... Jan 25 2019, 08:14 PM wildespace Exciting!
Here's a version with some colo... Jan 26 2019, 11:24 AM tty As for the mechanism bringing the bodies back toge... Jan 26 2019, 12:29 PM Spock1108 An attempt to add colors ... Jan 26 2019, 04:13 PM Roman Tkachenko My attempt to improve the image.
Not the best way ... Jan 26 2019, 06:25 PM ronatu RE: NH Arrokoth (formerly Ultima Thule) Encounter Observations & Results Jan 26 2019, 06:43 PM jasedm Following on from discussions about the surface ge... Jan 26 2019, 07:23 PM PhilipTerryGraham I'm assuming the raw MVIC data downlinked thus... Jan 26 2019, 10:03 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (PhilipTerryGraham @ Jan 26 2019, 02... Jan 27 2019, 05:17 PM Spock1108 It reminds me of someone ...
Jan 27 2019, 11:32 AM JRehling re: resurfacing, we're certainly looking at a ... Jan 28 2019, 07:41 PM Gladstoner QUOTE (JRehling @ Jan 28 2019, 01:41 PM) ... Jan 28 2019, 09:12 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (JRehling @ Jan 28 2019, 08:41 PM) ... Feb 9 2019, 11:39 PM Paolo QUOTE (HSchirmer @ Feb 10 2019, 12:39 AM)... Feb 10 2019, 07:49 AM HSchirmer QUOTE (Paolo @ Feb 10 2019, 07:49 AM) MU6... Feb 10 2019, 03:54 PM Rittmann Another mechanism comes to my mind for the white l... Jan 29 2019, 05:11 AM ngunn QUOTE (Rittmann @ Jan 29 2019, 06:11 AM) ... Jan 29 2019, 10:05 AM Fran Ontanaya Ultima resembles a bit Atlas too, which would impl... Jan 30 2019, 01:34 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (ngunn @ Jan 29 2019, 11:05 AM) I h... Feb 1 2019, 03:49 PM Gerald During Rosetta's 67/P mission, there have been... Jan 29 2019, 10:44 PM alan This model assumes gravitational instabilities for... Jan 30 2019, 10:22 PM Roman Tkachenko Interpolated animation derived from CA04 LORRI and... Feb 1 2019, 11:44 AM alan J. I. Katz, Ultima Thule (486958; 2014 MU69): Neck... Feb 5 2019, 05:18 PM AJAW Will our estimate of the rotation rate ever become... Feb 5 2019, 07:56 PM alan New Horizons' Evocative Farewell Glance at Ult... Feb 8 2019, 07:30 PM marsbug I usually read with fascination but don't cont... Feb 8 2019, 09:00 PM Explorer1 Absolutely bizarre! A bit like the tiny moons ... Feb 8 2019, 09:07 PM Gladstoner A little bit of Ultima-shine is visible on Thule:
... Feb 8 2019, 11:08 PM jccwrt I realigned the MU69 departure movie on MU69 itsel... Feb 9 2019, 03:43 AM monty python Bravo for the occultation fence photo. The movie o... Feb 9 2019, 07:36 AM dudley Could it be that the problems of dissipating momen... Feb 11 2019, 04:51 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (dudley @ Feb 11 2019, 05:51 PM) Co... Feb 11 2019, 07:36 PM MahFL Alan Stern tweeted, new pics tomorrow . Feb 22 2019, 01:49 AM stevesliva My notes on the press conference remind me that it... Feb 11 2019, 06:10 PM Marcin600 Sharpest view of Ultima Thule: http://pluto.jhuapl... Feb 22 2019, 07:17 PM peikojose Am I the only one that thinks that NH missed MU69 ... Feb 22 2019, 07:46 PM Explorer1 Amazing new views!
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