Neptune Orbiter, Another proposed mission |
Neptune Orbiter, Another proposed mission |
Nov 10 2005, 03:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 509 Joined: 2-July 05 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 426 |
This seems like a good place to start off the Uranus and Neptune forum: with the next ice-giants mission.
I will admit to not knowing a whole lot about the Neptune Orbiter With Probes (NOWP), other than the fact that it's in the planning stages, and a few other details I've gathered from Wikipedia and various other Internet sources. Anyone care to get this one going with a bit more information? |
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Dec 5 2005, 11:07 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174 |
Note that the surface of Triton may be very rough on spacecraft scales, in some places.
When a moon's been cratered "till the rubble bounces", the surface's largely pulverized and while large scale topography is rough, churned regolity or ice-rubble is locally smooth. A moon like Enceladus or Europa, with active geology, can be very very rough, with sharp local topography and lots of broken ice. Add glacial activity possible in nitrogen and/or methane ices, and sublimation eroding processes, you may get a complicated and very rough surface indeed. |
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