Victoria - working names of features |
Victoria - working names of features |
Sep 21 2006, 02:49 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
Very soon we're going to have a hell of a lot of features of Victoria to discuss, so I think it's about time we had some way of telling each other which bits we are talking about. (A bit like naming craters Alpha, Beta.. Zeta, etc)
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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Sep 24 2006, 06:57 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
To help you all with your ID's of the far rim, here is JPL's pancam mosaic alongside my labeled straightened rim. Just a quick note to say thanks for the excellent work you've done on these images james; I know it's helped me make a lot more sense out of Victoria. As the crater opens up before our eyes your labelled panoramas are going to be invaluable for us all. Cheers! -------------------- |
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Sep 24 2006, 08:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
Thanks Stu, if you liked that, you'll love this.
I've been playing around (as you do on a non driving sol! ) and I've managed to distort the MOC image in such a way as to fit to the viewing angles from Duck Bay. i.e The line of sight from Duck Bay to any feature is vertically up in the distorted MOC image, it's not perfect but pretty close. So here is another version of the pancam/MOC comparison and it's a much better fit to what we see. James -------------------- |
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Sep 24 2006, 11:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
So here is another version of the pancam/MOC comparison and it's a much better fit to what we see. Clever and creative. Very nice James .... and a fabulous view of K1 I was also wondering (like CR) if you can orient the labeled map with North at top as time permits. curious why you didn't do that originally. ken |
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Sep 25 2006, 12:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
curious why you didn't do that originally. Because the original labeled version of the image comes that way round and it didn't occur to me at the time. I'll sort it as soon as I get the chance. James -------------------- |
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