A new campaign - find the Mars Polar Lander! |
A new campaign - find the Mars Polar Lander! |
Guest_Zvezdichko_* |
Jul 10 2009, 10:59 AM
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Jul 10 2009, 02:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 19-August 07 Member No.: 3299 |
In spite of the fact that the southern hemisphere is already in Summer (Ls 300.4). The summer time starts on Ls 270 at May 22 and the picture, most of the surface is covered, seemingly by dioxide carbone ice with some patch caused by the sublimation of water from underwater.
I tried to find any indication (parachute, and/or crumpled lander on the ground) but was not able to spot any of them. Maybe, it is too early and must wait for a while so that there would be more dioxide carbone sublimation to uncover the spacecraft : Mars Polar Lander's parts. The Mars' summer would last for 6 months (ending by October). |
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Aug 8 2009, 03:07 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10127 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Well, I hope something will turn up in time for me to put it in my Mars atlas. Meanwhile here's an example of some work I've been doing recently, on the MPL site. The top map shows the various ellipses that were considered (taken from an old JPL press release that I can't find now... good job I'm a digital pack rat). Site 2 was the chosen ellipse. The map of all ellipses is drawn over a mosaic of MGS MOC wide angle images. The close-ups of the ellipse and the crash areas are drawn on THEMIS image mosaics. I find that a big part of planning these maps is deciding which base materials will give the best results.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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