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First data from Venus Express !

Rakhir View Member Profile	Apr 13 2006, 03:22 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 12-September 05 From: France Member No.: 495	Unexpected detail in first-ever Venus south pole images http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMUTYNFGLE_0.html

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edstrick View Member Profile	Dec 21 2006, 08:06 AM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174	"... Curse the backwards rotation of Venus!" I'm having fun thinking of worse.. how about a planet with an IMAGINARY rotation. (sqrt(-1)) We apparently have small riged-body asteroids with 2 spin axes, I think Toutatis is one. Does a tumbling spin, like an American Football.

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Rakhir First data from Venus Express ! Apr 13 2006, 03:22 PM

JRehling Good stuff. Kudos to the team for successful opera... Apr 13 2006, 04:24 PM

Rakhir QUOTE (JRehling @ Apr 13 2006, 06:24 PM) ... Apr 13 2006, 04:55 PM

ollopa Anyone here smart enough to work out the lat/lon g... Apr 13 2006, 05:37 PM

JRehling Well, since the axial inclination is only 3 degree... Apr 13 2006, 06:33 PM

dilo UV map seems to show surface details, but this sho... Apr 13 2006, 08:27 PM

Julius The deepsest features visible are estimated at 55 ... Apr 13 2006, 09:23 PM

JRehling UV shouldn't ever show surface detail, I don... Apr 14 2006, 01:11 AM

BruceMoomaw Nope, UV NEVER punches through to the surface -- b... Apr 14 2006, 01:48 AM

deglr6328 Even if the atmosphere were cloud-free I suspect t... Apr 14 2006, 05:08 AM

elakdawalla I got some more info out of Kevin Baines about the... Apr 14 2006, 10:41 PM

RNeuhaus QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Apr 14 2006, 05:41 P... Apr 15 2006, 01:01 AM

4th rock from the sun QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Apr 14 2006, 11:41 P... Apr 16 2006, 12:32 AM

BruceMoomaw Not at all -- no radar on this one. However, VIRT... Apr 15 2006, 02:25 AM

RNeuhaus I was not aware of Planet Fourier Spectometer (PFS... Apr 15 2006, 01:29 PM

Rakhir QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Apr 15 2006, 03:29 PM) ... Apr 15 2006, 01:34 PM

Decepticon Did anyone catch the Venus Express TV Special on S... Apr 15 2006, 04:39 PM

Sunspot http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6041570.stm S... Oct 11 2006, 10:01 PM

helvick QUOTE (Sunspot @ Oct 11 2006, 11:01 PM) .... Oct 11 2006, 10:28 PM

djellison Well - stuff should start hitting the PDS soon....... Oct 11 2006, 10:30 PM

Rakhir A new press release for VEX but just two images ... Oct 13 2006, 01:06 PM

elakdawalla Two more images and one more movie have dribbled o... Nov 9 2006, 07:16 PM

MarkL Well it's a fairly boring mission from my poin... Nov 13 2006, 03:41 AM

Sunspot Anyone see the recent Sky at Night special on Venu... Nov 13 2006, 09:48 AM

ngunn QUOTE (Sunspot @ Nov 13 2006, 09:48 AM) S... Nov 13 2006, 09:57 AM

ustrax Hot! Hot! Hot! Dec 14 2006, 09:46 AM

djellison Yup - I was watching very closely.....did you spot... Nov 13 2006, 09:54 AM

elakdawalla In case ustrax wasn't clear, there is a new ... Dec 14 2006, 05:23 PM

volcanopele Nice write-up about this on your blog, Emily. How... Dec 18 2006, 10:48 PM

Phil Stooke Yes, the Magellan map is modelled temperature base... Dec 19 2006, 02:00 AM

djellison QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Dec 19 2006, 02:00 A... Dec 19 2006, 08:39 AM

scalbers QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Dec 19 2006, 02:00 A... Dec 20 2006, 04:35 PM

edstrick The trick will be to minimize interference from va... Dec 19 2006, 09:42 AM

remcook QUOTE But to me it looks like the second map shows... Dec 19 2006, 09:56 AM

elakdawalla QUOTE (volcanopele @ Dec 18 2006, 02:48 P... Dec 19 2006, 05:43 PM

Phil Stooke The VIRTIS map from ESA is labelled with negative ... Dec 20 2006, 05:37 PM

edstrick "... Curse the backwards rotation of Venus... Dec 21 2006, 08:06 AM

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