Rev 141: Titan, distant view after the storm |
Rev 141: Titan, distant view after the storm |
Dec 2 2010, 10:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 699 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
“On December 5, ISS will image a half-phase Titan at a distance of 2.5 million kilometers (1.55 million miles). The camera will image the sub-Saturn hemisphere of the satellite, allowing researchers to continue to study the recent weather changes that have been occurring across Titan's equatorial region and that have brought methane rain to select regions of previously dry terrain”.
Seems a shame the NAC or WAC couldn’t take a few images before Dec 5th say on the second. Based on the SSS it would seem the area in S Senkyo (around 310 W and -20 ) that almost certainly had intense precipitation is better seen on the 2nd below left, and may be beyond the terminator and invisible on the 5th below on right. Also I couldn't confirm with the SSS that Titan would be as close as 2.5 Mkm on the 5th ??? |
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Mar 19 2011, 07:48 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Dig it, Ralph; merely a clarifying question. I suspect that many examples may be found, particularly in the GOES image set.
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Mar 19 2011, 11:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 610 Joined: 23-February 07 From: Occasionally in Columbia, MD Member No.: 1764 |
Dig it, Ralph; merely a clarifying question. I suspect that many examples may be found, particularly in the GOES image set. Well, yes. But I'd prefer not to have to search myself - I wondered if annotated examples exist from GOES/Meteosat much like Steve's last example (but at shorter wavelengths) If it doesnt exist, maybe some prof out there can set up a hunt as a student project.... |
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