Apollo Sites from LRO |
Apollo Sites from LRO |
 Jul 17 2009, 02:52 PM
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Founder  Group: Chairman Posts: 14449 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1  |
Thought this deserved a new thread- we can't talk about EVERY LRO target in the one thread
 I made a mistake in this one - I didn't include the thruster plume guards. My MER/MPF simulation for HiRISE seemed to come out about right - so fingers crossed that this will be there or there abouts as well. Still in a comissioning phase, something of a slant angle - I'd expect approx 1.5m/pixel if it's at the 120km figure mentioned earlier.
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Jul 17 2009, 04:10 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10258 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
-------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jul 17 2009, 04:21 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
LRO Sees Apollo Landing Sites
I had been expecting something better... |
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Jul 17 2009, 04:23 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10258 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
And more:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/mult...pollosites.html (same as above) - remember the instrument's still being calibrated and the final orbit will be half the height, or even less. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jul 17 2009, 04:26 PM
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 Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 87 Joined: 9-November 07 Member No.: 3958 |
Are those LRV tracks from Apollo 17? They look about right for one of the EVAs, headed east and then curving north around the crater, but I can't put my mouse on a large-enough scale traverse map to be sure that's the right place.
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Jul 17 2009, 04:27 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Expected better? Sorry there are no individual footprints to be seen for you...!
 These are AMAZING pictures when you think of what they represent. Better will follow. Let's enjoy these for now! :-) -------------------- |
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Jul 17 2009, 04:29 PM
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 24-June 09 Member No.: 4837 |
Hello everybody!
Finally the images arrived! Do you think we could expect any greater resolution, maybe through the lroc image browser? -------------------- |
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Jul 17 2009, 04:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 17 2009, 06:27 PM)  Better will follow. Let's enjoy these for now! :-) yes of course! I just expected to see for example rovers and instruments... |
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Jul 17 2009, 04:39 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 12-April 06 Member No.: 738 |
Wow, this is so cool!
I don't know, I suspect the LRV of Apollo 17 should be a bit less south, it was finally parked about 154 meters east of the LM. My guess yet:
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Jul 17 2009, 04:43 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14449 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I was expecting a bit better. You can see the seismometer's western solar array just about. It's not map-projected, and calibration hasn't kicked in to fix that interlacing-look to the pictures.
MUCH better is to come - that's for sure. This is roughly with the same illumination.
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Jul 17 2009, 04:45 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14449 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE (Tubo @ Jul 17 2009, 05:29 PM) Do you think we could expect any greater resolution, maybe through the lroc image browser? No. These thumbnails are at full resolution. We have to wait for the spacecraft to get into its final orbit before we go from these 1.2-ish m/pixel images to 50cm/pixel. |
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Jul 17 2009, 04:46 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10258 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Apollo 15 - certainly see the tracks all around ALSEP.
Phil
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Jul 17 2009, 04:48 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10258 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Fordprefect - no, Geophone rock is casting the shadow just above left of your rock.
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 PDF: 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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Jul 17 2009, 04:55 PM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8790 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
It'll get better, but for now I'm really happy just to see these old friends from my youth again.
I'm only disappointed that they haven't snapped A12 & Surveyor 3 yet, but apparently that's gonna happen in a few weeks. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 17 2009, 04:57 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10258 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Here's Apollo 17, first quick look.
Phil
The LRV location is a bit vague... is it possible it's the object with a shadow just above my 'LRV' text? -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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