InSight Surface Operations, 26 Nov 2018- 21 Dec 2022 |
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 Dec 13 2018, 01:10 AM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 13 2018, 10:56 AM)  Thanks, Propguy.  Quick question re the WTS: How much is it expected to reduce the amount of temperature variation? I imagine that the soil covered by the WTS will provide some extra heat capacity that will stabilize the temp variation somewhat more than the air temperature |
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Dec 13 2018, 01:55 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Right, and the anchors on the seismometer will also stab down into the soil a bit to provide better surface bonding for signal detection, which will also help with temperature stabilization.
I suspect that the W is the primary purpose of WTS, not the T.
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Dec 13 2018, 02:02 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
This pdf -https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/bitstream/handle/2346/59518/ICES-2014-64.pdf
Charts - especially on pages 14 and 15 - show the WTS, combined with a small heater on SEIS itself - makes quite a dramatic different to the temperature swings experiences by SEIS. |
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Dec 13 2018, 02:25 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I've done a V2 of my workspace model, complete with WebVR scaling - https://sketchfab.com/models/038d4924308f4c...00fe492b1450997 - I think it's to approx the right scale - I used the width of the blue margin in this image - https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22874 - as a guide ( as the blue margin represents the radius of the SEIS WTS I believe )
As a result - take these with a pinch of salt - but an orthoimage and a dem with a 50cm grid overlay, attached.
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Dec 13 2018, 02:57 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Thanks for that thermal paper, Doug. Dramatic improvement indeed, and I was unaware of the heater. Count me as a WTS fan, emphasis on the T!
Re your DEM: The scale is cm for the elevation contours, right? Regardless, hard to ask for a flatter place than that. -------------------- 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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Dec 13 2018, 05:47 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
The DEM scale is M, so about 15cm across the entire thing. Incredibly flat.
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Dec 13 2018, 12:06 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 809 Joined: 3-June 04 From: Brittany, France Member No.: 79 |
Here is my take on the sol 14 panorama of the landing site. I prepare a version with a filled sky.
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Dec 13 2018, 12:21 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2428 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
Sol 16 IDC & ICC images have been downlinked to the server, so far 50 are posted
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Dec 13 2018, 05:21 PM
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Dec 13 2018, 05:36 PM
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It's official, HiRISE image of the InSight hardware: https://www.uahirise.org/releases/insight/hardware/
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Dec 13 2018, 05:38 PM
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The orbital view shows blast effects out to roughly 20 metres or so from Insight. So Phil's circular post showing us at a "bull's eye" location is probably just due to the engines - there's nothing too unusual about the location.
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Dec 15 2018, 01:30 PM
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raw images for Sol 18 are up. they seem to indicate that seismometer deployment is imminent
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Dec 15 2018, 03:52 PM
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If I oriented myself correctly, I think I identified a few major boulders and craters visible in the sol14 panorama with what I see in the HiRISE images.
 (using Phil Stooke's image for inlay)
The low "ridge" is also visible behind the "A" boulder. -------------------- Curiosity rover panoramas: http://www.facebook.com/CuriosityRoverPanoramas
My Photosynth panoramas: http://photosynth.net/userprofilepage.aspx...;content=Synths |
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Dec 15 2018, 05:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4246 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
Sol 18 stereo views. Cross-eyed:
And anaglyphs:
There are uncorrected distortions here, so these may cause eyestrain... |
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Dec 15 2018, 05:33 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
This tweeter feed from &MoonNext show how they’ve reproduced InSight’s work place a-t-il JPL
Edit : be uploaded 4 Times and can’t see it on my post to delete, sorry Fixed, and thanks! - Admin
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