Movie of Uranus |
Movie of Uranus |
Oct 22 2010, 05:31 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Just read a Tweet about this very cool movie...
http://palomarskies.blogspot.com/2010/10/a...h-adaptive.html -------------------- |
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Oct 22 2010, 09:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 315 Joined: 1-October 06 Member No.: 1206 |
Cool. Not quite the 100% bland and boring ball we were sold in 1986 is it Stu?
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Oct 22 2010, 09:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Cool. Remember this is still pretty deep in the infrared so not necessarily as much detail would be apparent in visible wavelengths.
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Oct 22 2010, 11:13 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 95 Joined: 11-January 07 From: Amsterdam Member No.: 1584 |
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Dec 19 2010, 03:57 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 19-August 09 From: Dallas Member No.: 4905 |
Fascinating. I have never seen movie like this. The moon must be Triton (retograde orbit) |
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Dec 19 2010, 04:03 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
I want to live at least another couple hundred years to be able to see these gems up close and learn about their weather patterns like we've done with Jupiter and Saturn thx
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Dec 19 2010, 04:14 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 19-August 09 From: Dallas Member No.: 4905 |
I want to live at least another couple hundred years to be able to see these gems up close and learn about their weather patterns like we've done with Jupiter and Saturn thx Few years ago there was proposition of Neptune orbiter using aero-capture which looked very interesting and somewhat feasible link. This would be mission providing extreme science benefits, one being first detailed observations of Ice Giant and "free" study of KBO object (Triton) Who knows maybe we will see that happen. |
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Dec 23 2010, 09:01 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 25-March 10 Member No.: 5281 |
It's not clear from the video whether the moon moves in front of Neptune or behind it so I don't think you can conclude that the orbit is retrograde (i.e. Triton's) without more info
Fascinating. I have never seen movie like this. The moon must be Triton (retograde orbit) |
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Dec 23 2010, 11:55 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10151 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Well. the moon must be Triton because there are no other large moons it can possibly be! None of the little moons could show up in images like these.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jan 5 2011, 07:07 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 19-August 09 From: Dallas Member No.: 4905 |
It's not clear from the video whether the moon moves in front of Neptune or behind it so I don't think you can conclude that the orbit is retrograde (i.e. Triton's) without more info I agree with Phil. Furthermore from the few frames of the movie it seems that curvature of the moon's orbit is that of the object in the foreground in the roughly equatorial orbital plane. Edit: I'm not so sure now. I'm thinking it might have been one of the smaller moons closer to the planet. Size of Triton's orbit would make it unlikely to be captured in the same frame as Neptune. Edit #2: I did some calculations and it seems that that moon moves far to fast for it to be Triton (whole animation is of 6 hours of Neptune's rotation). I would guess that moon must be one of the closer ones to the planet (Naiad perhaps?) |
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Jan 5 2011, 07:57 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10151 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Unlikely, yes, but the size argument seems decisive to me. Everything else orbiting Neptune is very small.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf 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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Jan 5 2011, 08:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1419 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
What about a background star?
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Jan 5 2011, 09:02 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 19-August 09 From: Dallas Member No.: 4905 |
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