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: 8784 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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Feb 22 2019, 08:27 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 12-December 16 Member No.: 8089 |
A bit disappointing how grainy the images are, but I'm sure a few image processors will pretty them up in no time! Absolutely astonished that they were able to capture the entirety of MU69 in the frame, considering how fast everything was going, and the margin of error! What a feat of engineering and mathematics this is! Congrats to all involved!
I don't think there will be much higher detail than this to come. Will there? There won't, unfortunately. The next LORRI and Ralph observations after this one occurred at 05:42 UTC, which were the first looks at MU69's limb that were published a fortnight ago. |
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Feb 22 2019, 08:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4252 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
A bit disappointing how grainy the images are, but I'm sure a few image processors will pretty them up in no time! We were warned that the images would be noisy - recall that solar illumination is very weak there and the camera was moving by very fast! |
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