Victoria - working names of features |
Victoria - working names of features |
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 ![]() |
Very soon
![]() I know Stu started to label a few features, but only a few, and there are A LOT! I've tried to divide Victoria into logical sections and given each a letter. Then within each region I've numbered each point of the rim that appears to bend in the opposite way to the curve of the crater, hence numbering "Capes". Some are quite subtle and therefore may not be seen very well in reality but I think it's better to have them all in there. Here is the map, it is externally linked so should be updated with the latest version. (Now updated with the (half scale) HiRise image) ![]() (Click image for larger version, ~400kB) So: A1 is Cape Verde A2 is The Beacon P4 is Cabo Frio and as of the 943 drive we can see the far rim between E2 and K1. Of course I'm sure that some of the more prominent features will soon acquire more meaningful names, but this should still help us all follow what we're all talking about! Bays are given the same designation as the cape on there 'clockwise side', thus most of the major bays (which tend to separate lettered regions) then have a "1" designation (making the rule easier to remember). Bay A1, where Oppy is heading first is Duck Bay and the bay that Fredk has measured the slope of is Bay I1. Most of the major bays are marked in red. JPL's names are also added, as are their numbered capes and bays - in square brackets. Informal UMSF names are added within round brackets. James -------------------- |
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![]() The Poet Dude ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 ![]() |
Okay, just to kill some time here before something actually happens
![]() YOU'RE in charge of Victoria feature naming. You're The Guy at JPL who makes the decision. Your word is, like Doug's, Law, no-one will argue against your choices. You have James' excellent chart spread out in front of you on your big, Battlestar Galactica bridge type underlit table, and your job is to name those outcrops and features... and you can call them and name them after whatever the heck you want. What would you name the features after? Movie characters? Characters from sci-fi? Historical figures? Figures from martian exploration history? Fave cartoon characters? Family members and friends? Absolutely nothing wrong with the Magellan-inspired names, just wondering what UMSFers would choose if they had the power... ![]() -------------------- |
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![]() Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 159 Joined: 4-March 06 Member No.: 694 ![]() |
This is my very first post in any MER related forum. My best work is in the icy moons of Saturn.
But I will suggest a naming convention for the Victoria features. How about naming them after the people who died on 9/11? US technology being used on Mars honoring US citizens who died on that day! -------------------- I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed.
- Opening line from episode 13 of "Cosmos" |
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