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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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
This will be where we talk about the data as it arrives over the next 20 months or so.
-------------------- 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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Jan 24 2019, 11:32 PM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
It's a jaw-dropping image: congratulations to the NH science team.
Here's a colorized version, purely for aesthetic purposes: -------------------- |
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Jan 25 2019, 05:48 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 24-July 15 Member No.: 7619 |
It's a jaw-dropping image: congratulations to the NH science team. Here's a colorized version, purely for aesthetic purposes: Very interesting how there's a scarp where the surface crust appears to end at the lower right, and the highly defined craters are only on the area where there is no scarp. There was a paper that calculated that the grooves on the Martian moon Phobos could be caused by low velocity impact with boulders that rolled along the surface. Sorta looks like Thule and Ultima made contact around 5 o'clock, and rolled along ripping up the crust until it settled at 1 o'clock. Soo, basically, it looks like a Bert the Turtle from 1950s civil defense films. |
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