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Pluto Surface Observations 1: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 1 Aug 2015- 10 Oct 2015
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- nprev   Pluto Surface Observations 1: NH Post-Encounter Phase   Aug 1 2015, 05:53 PM
- - Gennady Ionov   User torque_xtr (http://www.astronomy.ru/forum/ind...   Aug 2 2015, 07:54 AM
- - Gennady Ionov   Excuse me, is there somewhere information about ex...   Aug 2 2015, 05:58 PM
- - scalbers   There are images (yet to be downlinked) of Pluto l...   Aug 2 2015, 06:19 PM
|- - JRehling   I expect Pluto's axis of rotation to be very s...   Aug 3 2015, 06:44 PM
|- - Gennady Ionov   QUOTE (scalbers @ Aug 2 2015, 11:19 PM) T...   Aug 4 2015, 05:27 PM
|- - Gerald   QUOTE (Gennady Ionov @ Aug 4 2015, 07:27 ...   Aug 4 2015, 07:26 PM
- - Gennady Ionov   Color pictures give density of irradiated solar en...   Aug 3 2015, 08:24 AM
- - Habukaz   In Pluto's north, there are these dark smudges...   Aug 3 2015, 10:14 AM
- - Bill Harris   QUOTE Interesting to note minimum insolation at th...   Aug 3 2015, 02:11 PM
|- - scalbers   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Aug 3 2015, 02:11 PM...   Aug 3 2015, 04:34 PM
- - Gennady Ionov   Another interesting feature of relief: small dimpl...   Aug 3 2015, 02:30 PM
- - Bill Harris   QUOTE an additional assumption of a circular orbit...   Aug 3 2015, 07:48 PM
- - ngunn   I don't think the surface is decoupled from th...   Aug 4 2015, 12:13 AM
- - Bill Harris   There is no evidence either way, but I don't t...   Aug 4 2015, 01:00 AM
- - lollipop   "Pluto’s insolation history: Latitudinal vari...   Aug 4 2015, 10:02 AM
- - Bill Harris   Yes! I'm planning to read that once I ge...   Aug 4 2015, 01:36 PM
- - alan   I read somewhere that the Charonshine images of Pl...   Aug 4 2015, 05:49 PM
|- - JRehling   Checking the orbital positions, there were Charons...   Aug 4 2015, 06:04 PM
- - Gennady Ionov   Alan, Gerald, thank you very much for this encoura...   Aug 4 2015, 08:04 PM
- - alan   I believe these are the MVIC and LORRI Charonshine...   Aug 6 2015, 09:06 PM
|- - JRehling   According to Solar System Simulator, Charon was at...   Aug 6 2015, 10:11 PM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (alan @ Aug 6 2015, 09:06 PM) I bel...   Aug 7 2015, 11:41 PM
- - alan   So roughly half of Pluto in Charonshine then.   Aug 7 2015, 06:47 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (alan @ Aug 7 2015, 11:47 AM) So ro...   Aug 7 2015, 07:55 PM
- - scalbers   A key part of this point is that half of the night...   Aug 7 2015, 08:17 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Another point to consider: since the illumination ...   Aug 7 2015, 08:42 PM
- - Bill Harris   QUOTE half of the night side of Pluto will be illu...   Aug 7 2015, 08:56 PM
- - ngunn   All the posters here clearly understand the geomet...   Aug 7 2015, 09:44 PM
- - Explorer1   One could take a map like the ones we already have...   Aug 7 2015, 10:04 PM
- - scalbers   Yes the approximate region on the Pluto maps would...   Aug 7 2015, 10:22 PM
- - Gennady Ionov   With the use of map http://www.unmannedspaceflight...   Aug 8 2015, 09:29 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   I have been experimenting with generating DEMs of ...   Aug 8 2015, 12:17 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Aug 8 2015, 12:17 ...   Aug 8 2015, 07:04 PM
- - Phil Stooke   The dark swirls may be due to grain size changes, ...   Aug 8 2015, 07:19 PM
- - nprev   Agreed, Phil. These wide-view images don't pro...   Aug 8 2015, 08:11 PM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Speaking of ices, glaciers, flow patterns etc., a ...   Aug 8 2015, 09:20 PM
- - ngunn   I'm not yet convinced there is flowing ice her...   Aug 8 2015, 09:25 PM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   I'm not either - as I mentioned above, the res...   Aug 8 2015, 09:32 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Aug 8 2015, 10:32 ...   Aug 9 2015, 04:32 PM
- - Nafnlaus   QUOTE If liquid phases of N2 are stable a few mete...   Aug 10 2015, 11:38 AM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Nafnlaus @ Aug 10 2015, 12:38 PM) ...   Aug 10 2015, 02:38 PM
|- - Sherbert   QUOTE (HSchirmer @ Aug 10 2015, 03:38 PM)...   Aug 13 2015, 03:30 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Sherbert @ Aug 13 2015, 03:30 PM) ...   Aug 14 2015, 04:41 PM
|- - Sherbert   The video below shows liquid Nitrogen freezes init...   Aug 15 2015, 02:08 PM
|- - Tom Dahl   Fascinating video, thank you for sharing it.   Aug 16 2015, 12:00 PM
- - Sherbert   Since the older surface and the "glaciers...   Aug 10 2015, 01:38 PM
- - Gennady Ionov   With the use of metadata of LORRI frames I clarify...   Aug 10 2015, 07:00 PM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (Gennady Ionov @ Aug 10 2015, 07:00...   Aug 10 2015, 07:25 PM
|- - Gennady Ionov   QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Aug 11 2015, 12:25...   Aug 10 2015, 08:06 PM
- - MichaelJWP   Hi all, I rarely post, but had a question on this ...   Aug 12 2015, 11:40 AM
- - Gennady Ionov   Michael, I, too, for a long time the question aros...   Aug 12 2015, 12:38 PM
- - nprev   Imaging this was suggested several years ago, but ...   Aug 12 2015, 04:26 PM
|- - scalbers   QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 12 2015, 04:26 PM) Ima...   Aug 12 2015, 05:11 PM
- - Gennady Ionov   What kind of scientific data loss can be a questio...   Aug 12 2015, 04:47 PM
|- - MichaelJWP   QUOTE (Gennady Ionov @ Aug 12 2015, 05:47...   Aug 12 2015, 05:00 PM
||- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (MichaelJWP @ Aug 12 2015, 05:00 PM...   Aug 12 2015, 05:40 PM
||- - Gennady Ionov   QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Aug 12 2015, 10:40...   Aug 12 2015, 05:57 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Gennady Ionov @ Aug 12 2015, 09:47...   Aug 12 2015, 05:56 PM
- - elakdawalla   AFAIK shooting these images was briefly considered...   Aug 12 2015, 08:11 PM
|- - Gennady Ionov   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 13 2015, 01:11 A...   Aug 13 2015, 03:07 AM
- - nprev   Lacking any direct knowledge, I cannot say for cer...   Aug 13 2015, 03:53 AM
- - Explorer1   We could always simulate the view at any rate, rig...   Aug 13 2015, 04:41 AM
|- - MichaelJWP   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Aug 13 2015, 05:41 AM)...   Aug 13 2015, 08:58 AM
|- - Gsnorgathon   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Aug 12 2015, 09:41 PM)...   Aug 13 2015, 07:51 PM
- - Habukaz   Not sure if this has been brought up already, but ...   Aug 16 2015, 01:25 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Habukaz @ Aug 16 2015, 02:25 PM) ....   Aug 21 2015, 07:18 PM
- - Bill Harris   It seems that the "Southern Outcrops" o...   Aug 16 2015, 03:44 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Aug 16 2015, 03:44 P...   Aug 16 2015, 04:32 PM
|- - HSchirmer   Here's the link to the article on Pluto and se...   Aug 16 2015, 04:41 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (HSchirmer @ Aug 16 2015, 05:41 PM)...   Aug 17 2015, 09:03 PM
- - alan   From the activity timeline: QUOTE New Horizons is ...   Aug 16 2015, 09:31 PM
- - Bill Harris   I don't know. REX is a passive device assoc w...   Aug 17 2015, 07:19 PM
- - stevesliva   IIRC, REX can be active, so the receiver may be on...   Aug 17 2015, 07:37 PM
- - Gennady Ionov   It calculates a series of animations about the New...   Aug 20 2015, 05:24 AM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (Gennady Ionov @ Aug 20 2015, 05:24...   Aug 20 2015, 10:42 PM
|- - Gennady Ionov   QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Aug 21 2015, 03:42...   Aug 21 2015, 06:38 AM
- - Ian R   Gennady, those movies are AMAZING! Utterly bre...   Aug 20 2015, 09:26 AM
- - Gennady Ionov   QUOTE (Ian R @ Aug 20 2015, 02:26 PM) Gen...   Aug 20 2015, 11:36 AM
- - Habukaz   I was intrigued by what appears to be 'cells...   Aug 20 2015, 03:23 PM
|- - Gennady Ionov   QUOTE (Habukaz @ Aug 20 2015, 08:23 PM) I...   Aug 20 2015, 03:57 PM
|- - Habukaz   QUOTE (Gennady Ionov @ Aug 20 2015, 05:57...   Aug 21 2015, 08:22 AM
|- - Gennady Ionov   QUOTE (Habukaz @ Aug 21 2015, 01:22 PM) T...   Aug 21 2015, 12:50 PM
|- - Habukaz   The idea was not that the dark particles were crea...   Aug 21 2015, 01:56 PM
|- - JRehling   My sense is that the production of this terrain wa...   Aug 21 2015, 04:52 PM
|- - TheAnt   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 21 2015, 06:52 PM) ...   Aug 21 2015, 05:05 PM
|- - Habukaz   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 21 2015, 06:52 PM) ...   Aug 22 2015, 05:35 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Habukaz @ Aug 22 2015, 10:35 AM) I...   Aug 23 2015, 01:17 PM
|- - Habukaz   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 23 2015, 03:17 PM) ...   Aug 23 2015, 02:27 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Habukaz @ Aug 23 2015, 07:27 AM) I...   Aug 24 2015, 12:04 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (JRehling @ Aug 24 2015, 01:04 PM) ...   Aug 24 2015, 01:32 PM
- - Gennady Ionov   So if the Pluto mountains consist of water ice, we...   Aug 21 2015, 04:25 PM
- - Gladstoner   The bubble-like 'cells' in north Sputnik: ...   Aug 24 2015, 07:43 AM
- - Nafnlaus   It's common for glaciers to have some sort of ...   Aug 24 2015, 10:28 AM
- - Nafnlaus   Another case where it's so unfortunate that NH...   Aug 25 2015, 03:26 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Nafnlaus @ Aug 25 2015, 03:26 PM) ...   Aug 25 2015, 05:42 PM
|- - siravan   QUOTE (Nafnlaus @ Aug 25 2015, 10:26 AM) ...   Aug 25 2015, 06:50 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (siravan @ Aug 25 2015, 06:50 PM) N...   Aug 25 2015, 08:19 PM
- - Habukaz   Next image from NH might arrive Saturday next week...   Aug 25 2015, 05:50 PM
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