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 25 2006, 09:44 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I've just started reading RED MARS (yes, again.. it's almost an annual ritual for me...) and for a bit of fun I thought I'd label features on James' excellent chart with character names from the books. This will mean absolutely nothing to members who haven't read the books, of course, but a few others might find it interesting...
L2/3 - "John Boone" - (because this outcrop, like JB, is at the heart of everything... ) K1/2 - "Maya" - ( because, this outcrop is, like Maya, as always, standing right between John Boone and... ) J3 - "Frank Chalmers" - (because like FC it's sharp and damaged...) G2 - "Simon Clayborne" (just because this outcrop is close to...) H1 - "Ann Clayborne" (because this outcrop is, like AC, very isolated and looks out over the whole of the landscape, seeing it from a unique viewpoint, different to all the others) D1 - "Phyllis" (just because it's very isolated) C2 - "Hiroko" - (because it's on completely the other side to all the other outcrops and characters, looking at the world from an entirely different perspective, watching the other side but concentrating on her own. Also very hard to see) B3 - "Coyote" (because it's close to Hiroko but within sight, and reach, of everyone else...) P4 - "Sax" - ( because, like Sax, it's jagged and directly opposite Ann!) P2 - "Michel Duval" (because it's close to Sax but not many others...) O3 - "Art" (because it's close to...) 0 1/2 "Nadia" (because, like Nadia, this outcrop is solid, no-nonsense and steady, with firm foundations. Also because it's close to...) N3 - "Arkady"... Purely personal, not suggesting we use these as names in discussions. Wonder if anyone else is a massive fan of the books? I'd been interested in Mars since childhood, but it only became a real place for me, I must admit, when I read RED MARS for the first time. Suddenly someone "got" MY Mars... -------------------- |
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Sep 25 2006, 09:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
I've just started reading RED MARS (yes, again.. it's almost an annual ritual for me...) Me too. Just last week I started Red Mars for maybe the fifth time. Good alt naming scheme. -------------------- |
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