First open lava tube may have been found, by Kaguya team |
First open lava tube may have been found, by Kaguya team |
 Oct 26 2009, 06:02 PM
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The New Scientist website has an article saying that an opening which might be a lava tube mouth has been found in Kaguya images.
Wasn't there a proposal (possibly from one of the Lunar X Prize teams?) of a Lava Tube Explorer rover? This might be a possible destination... |
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Oct 12 2011, 03:56 PM
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Oh those are very cool. Gotta dig into the data to see if those are available. Here are the numbers of the images from the caption, if anyone else wants to search:
Mare Tranquillitatis pit A: near-nadir image (M126710873R) and B: 7° emission angle image (M155016845R), collectively reveal more than 90 percent of the floor, both images are approximately 175 m wide. C: Oblique view (26° emission angle; M152662021R), a significant portion of the illuminated area is beneath overhanging mare. Layering is revealed in D, E, & F (M155023632R and M144395745L, respectively). -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Oct 12 2011, 07:47 PM
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M126710873R
http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_lroc/LRO....0/M126710873RE M155016845R http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_lroc/LRO....0/M155016845RC M152662021R http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_lroc/LRO....0/M152662021RC -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Vultur First open lava tube may have been found Oct 26 2009, 06:02 PM
Phil Stooke Yes, that proposal was from Astrobotic, for a foll... Oct 26 2009, 06:14 PM Phil Stooke http://wms.selene.jaxa.jp/selene_viewer/jp.../039/... Oct 27 2009, 11:24 AM Hungry4info What amazes me is how circular this feature, and i... Oct 27 2009, 12:11 PM mcgyver I thought lava was never suposed to have flown aro... Nov 12 2009, 05:12 PM Poolio The lunar maria were created by lava flows billion... Nov 12 2009, 06:32 PM
mcgyver QUOTE (Poolio @ Nov 12 2009, 06:32 PM) Th... Nov 12 2009, 08:00 PM
ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Poolio @ Nov 12 2009, 10:32 AM) th... Nov 12 2009, 08:39 PM nprev The Moon did have vulcanism way, way back in the d... Nov 12 2009, 08:14 PM Phil Stooke mcgyver, you are a bit out of date. The argument ... Nov 12 2009, 08:21 PM Gsnorgathon I think it's worth mentioning (again) that To ... Nov 12 2009, 11:45 PM antipode Debated whether to add to such an old thread, but ... Oct 12 2011, 06:22 AM antipode More news on lunar pits reported in Icarus:
Distr... Apr 17 2014, 11:47 PM antipode I'll add this to this thread because if its co... Jan 11 2018, 11:05 PM climber Interesting study here: https://agupubs.onlinelibr... Jul 28 2022, 06:30 AM |
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