Rev 123 - Dec 18, 2009-Jan 3, 2010 - Prometheus |
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Rev 123 - Dec 18, 2009-Jan 3, 2010 - Prometheus |
 Jan 28 2010, 02:58 PM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 28 2010, 06:50 AM)  Here's a hint of what's hiding in the shadows... Aha! I KNEW it! Saturn's small moons are covered in jpeg compression artifacts! -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jan 28 2010, 04:41 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10153 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
A cleaned-up view of the end facing the F ring. There's a hint of lineations near the bottom, and a smooth area in the middle. I expected a smoother surface.
Phil
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Jan 28 2010, 08:08 PM
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Looks like a ringshadow!
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Jan 28 2010, 08:32 PM
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 Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
Here's an animation consisting of six NAC frames that show the shadow of the F-ring moving across Prometheus. Some spacecraft movement is evident too.
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Jan 28 2010, 08:38 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (Ian R @ Jan 28 2010, 08:32 PM) Some spacecraft movement is evident too. That wasn't 'spacecraft movement', that was the shock wave from my jaw hitting the floor. Every time I think "That's one of the coolest things I've seen on UMSF!" someone posts something like that...! The wonders we're seeing... just incredible...  -------------------- |
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Jan 28 2010, 08:48 PM
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That's not Prometheus, that's a beating heart
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Jan 28 2010, 08:55 PM
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Color composition from images N00150201/202/203 (respectively clean, Red and Blue filters); on the right weak illumination is enhanced.
-------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Jan 28 2010, 09:00 PM
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I need a new word, Awesome just doesn't cut it anymore. Out of curiosity have there been any other examples of ring shadows on Moons captured before?
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Jan 28 2010, 09:25 PM
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QUOTE (helvick @ Jan 28 2010, 02:00 PM) I need a new word, Awesome just doesn't cut it anymore. Out of curiosity have there been any other examples of ring shadows on Moons captured before? http://ciclops.org/view/5818/Ring_Shadows_on_Janus http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10469 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/obj...g1_3494245.html -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Jan 28 2010, 09:26 PM
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Tremendous. And yes ring shadows have been seen on moons before, both by Cassini and Voyager.
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Jan 28 2010, 09:30 PM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
Epimetheus as seen by Voyager 1:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Epimetheus_moon.jpg Janus as seen by Cassini: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11694 -------------------- |
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Jan 29 2010, 05:25 AM
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Yay! Glad to be getting really good views of Prometheus finally. It seems to be the last of the bigger rocks that needed it.
The Aegaeon images definitely seem to show some shape. Elongated, but then again they all are.  http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi...?imageID=211946 (Edit: D'oh, I see now that Aegaeon's been discussed in the Cassini Raws thread already.) |
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Jan 30 2010, 03:02 PM
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An "extended color" composition from N00150212+214+215 (filters G, IR3 and UV respectively).
Ring shadow colors are probably a timing artifact... -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Mar 20 2010, 11:36 PM
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http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12593
Here's a normal and enhanced version of the newly released image:
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Jan 16 2011, 10:25 PM
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Prometheus flyby animation.
Timewarp 200×.
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