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Apr 6 2010, 04:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 6-March 07 From: houston, texas Member No.: 1828 |
Cassini's second hyperclose pass of Dione is just days away. Ive posted some new views and thoughts about Dione
on FB and YT (links below) of some of the features that might be visible in the images, which will show mostly the leading hemisphere. Jeff Moore and I have been working on a volcanic hypothesis for the smooth plains and the odd features found within it, which we hope to submit for publication very soon. images- http://www.facebook.com/paul.schenk?ref=profile http://stereomoons.blogspot.com/ movie - http://www.youtube.com/user/galsat400 -------------------- Dr. Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston TX
http://stereomoons.blogspot.com; http://www.youtube.com/galsat400; http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/schenk/ |
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Apr 9 2010, 12:45 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
...yeah, what Lyford said!
This one's really giving me a 'what the hell?!' feeling like the early encounters of other moons. I don't even wanna speculate about what exactly we're looking at; need context. -------------------- 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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Apr 10 2010, 02:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 699 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
I don't even wanna speculate about what exactly we're looking at; need context. Note that there is context for most or all of the highest-res NAC images taken during the "ORS Drag" at closest approach (the ones labeled "Saturn") - there are simultaneous WACs, though they are not next to each other on the raw image pages so you have to look around to match them up. John |
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Apr 10 2010, 03:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
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