Victoria and her features, Okay folks, what can we see already - and what will we see when we get |
Victoria and her features, Okay folks, what can we see already - and what will we see when we get |
Apr 15 2006, 11:28 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
So far images of Victoria - from orbit and from the ground, as Oppy approaches - have been tantalising at best, and frustrating at worst. What does everyone think we've seen so far, and what features do you think we'll see as Oppy approaches and later, when she finally arrives?
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Apr 17 2006, 02:30 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10226 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
algorimancer said "I also thought it was named after the "virgin queen"".
Queen Victoria may have looked like a bad-tempered old prune but she was no virgin! Elizabeth I was the virgin queen... so-called. Doug said "Fram was a tender to the Endurance." Fram was used by Nansen in the Arctic and by Amundsen in the Antarctic, several years before Shackleton's expedition in the Endurance. I suppose it's not impossible that Fram was used as a tender for Endurance, but that's hardly its claim to fame. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Apr 17 2006, 03:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 688 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Sweden Member No.: 273 |
Doug said "Fram was a tender to the Endurance." Fram was used by Nansen in the Arctic and by Amundsen in the Antarctic, several years before Shackleton's expedition in the Endurance. I suppose it's not impossible that Fram was used as a tender for Endurance, but that's hardly its claim to fame. Phil Fram was built for Nansen's expedition in 1893-96 when she drifted from northeastern Siberia across the Arctic Ocean to the North Atlantic. She was then used by Sverdrup for his expedition to the northern Parry Archipelago 1898-1900 and finally by Amundsen for his expedition to the South Pole in 1911-12. She is arguably the must successful arctic exploration vessel ever built, but she was never a tender to Endurannce. Actually I think she is worth a larger crater than she got. Fram is preserved in a museum at Bygdöy in Oslo and is definitely worth seeing if you ever visit Norway. A few more ideas for Magellan-related names: Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Pigafetta tty |
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