Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Lutetia |
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Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Lutetia |
 Jul 10 2010, 11:13 PM
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Here's a quick composite showing Lutetia very approximately to scale with some other icy and rocky bodies from the Solar System.
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Jul 10 2010, 11:17 PM
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Nice, Nick! That's an excellent scale reference.
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Jul 10 2010, 11:41 PM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 11 2010, 12:17 AM)  Nice, Nick! That's an excellent scale reference. I'd love to see Triton on there for scale! |
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Jul 10 2010, 11:55 PM
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QUOTE (machi @ Jul 10 2010, 05:24 PM) Some smooth areas - possible landslides ? Above the smooth areas in the left crater the surface looks either wrinkled or layered. |
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Jul 11 2010, 12:31 AM
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QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jul 11 2010, 12:41 AM) I'd love to see Triton on there for scale! Happy to oblige 
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Jul 11 2010, 12:53 AM
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Thanks Nick- That shows just what I wanted!
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Jul 11 2010, 01:53 AM
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Triton? Are you sure you don't mean Pluto?
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Jul 11 2010, 02:21 AM
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QUOTE (machi @ Jul 10 2010, 05:24 PM) Fantastic flyby! Evidently NAC camera worked flawlessly. Some smooth areas - possible landslides ? looks that way. my guess would be that it is material displaced laterally when the small crater on the rim just above it hit. a landslide true but one with a violent origin! -------------------- Dr. Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston TX
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Jul 11 2010, 02:56 AM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 11 2010, 02:53 AM) Triton? Are you sure you don't mean Pluto? Phil ;-) |
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Jul 11 2010, 03:36 AM
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Just for a joke. Sorry NickF
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Jul 11 2010, 06:11 AM
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QUOTE (Mirek @ Jul 11 2010, 03:36 AM) Just for a joke. Sorry NickF Continuing kidding, Death Star 1 should appear comparable to Lutetia, indeed (120 km is the "official" diameter)... 
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Jul 11 2010, 10:33 AM
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Jul 11 2010, 11:05 AM
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Is that true color, Stu?
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Jul 11 2010, 11:30 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Absolutely, catergorically, 1000000% not
 As I say in the blog post, that's just me being all arty and creative with one of the images, making it more of a "fanciful portrait" than a true colour representation. Just a "pretty picture", and nowt wrong with that.
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Jul 11 2010, 11:30 AM
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I don't believe it is. IIRC, Lutetia is expected to be mostly just black-and-white.
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