Pluto System Small Moons: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 1 Aug 2015- TBD |
Pluto System Small Moons: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 1 Aug 2015- TBD |
Aug 1 2015, 06:07 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
This topic is for discussion of data on Nix, Hydra, Styx, and Kerberos (as well as any other small bodies that may be discovered) received after 1 Aug 2015.
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Sep 11 2015, 05:45 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 8-July 15 Member No.: 7566 |
First proper image of Nix! It's quite bright.
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Sep 11 2015, 05:59 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10229 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Yes - new pix of Nix!
This is a composite of the four frames with a big contrast stretch. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Sep 11 2015, 06:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 796 Joined: 27-February 08 From: Heart of Europe Member No.: 4057 |
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Sep 11 2015, 06:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1592 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
So, the NH follow-on target, 2014 MU69, is likely no larger than this? But the range here is 200,000km and may be as low as 12,500km there...
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Sep 11 2015, 06:58 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 10-September 06 Member No.: 1129 |
Reminds me of Prometheus.
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Sep 11 2015, 09:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 796 Joined: 27-February 08 From: Heart of Europe Member No.: 4057 |
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Sep 11 2015, 10:31 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 8-July 15 Member No.: 7566 |
Is this the best image we will get of Nix? The Wikipedia page for Nix says the best image will show features down to 330 m/pixel, is this that image?
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Sep 12 2015, 01:39 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 796 Joined: 27-February 08 From: Heart of Europe Member No.: 4057 |
No it isn't.
There will be better images from the observation "N LEISA LORRI BEST" at resolution ~330 m/pix. -------------------- |
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Sep 18 2015, 09:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 544 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
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Oct 5 2015, 11:32 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 2-December 14 Member No.: 7359 |
About Nix and Hydra :
https://blogs.nasa.gov/pluto/2015/10/05/plu...-nix-and-hydra/ |
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Oct 9 2015, 09:03 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 31-May 05 From: Bloomington, Minnesota Member No.: 397 |
Styx images have come down today!
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Oct 9 2015, 09:04 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 796 Joined: 27-February 08 From: Heart of Europe Member No.: 4057 |
Best image of Styx (probably).
I'm not entirely sure if it's really Styx, but manually and even automatically it was identified positively in the 5 of 6 raw jpeg images of Styx. So this is result of 5 stacked images. Resolution was 3.14 km/pix (before enlarging) and visible disc has dimensions ~20×13 km. It's enlarged 10×. -------------------- |
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Oct 10 2015, 09:22 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 796 Joined: 27-February 08 From: Heart of Europe Member No.: 4057 |
Now I know it's really Styx but stacking leads to somewhat bigger size than it's actual size.
My new measurements are (14×8)+/-2 km. This is still 2× more than is value on the NASA's page. I'm not sure where this discrepancy originated. -------------------- |
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Oct 19 2015, 01:52 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 25-September 15 Member No.: 7790 |
The first images of Kerberos are coming down this week according to @NewHorizons2015! I'm intrigued as to why this moon appears to be so much darker than the rest of the Pluto system bodies.
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