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Rhea Revisited, Mosaics from the 30 August 2007 Encounter
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post Aug 28 2008, 03:37 AM
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In the excitement leading up to the Iapetus flyby twelve days later, the 5000 km-range nontargeted Rhea encounter (49RH) recieved relatively little attention here. As we all know, Rhea is the most dynamic and thrilling of the worlds in orbit around Saturn, and I'm certain that the short shrift it's been given infuriates you all to the point of aneurysm. rolleyes.gif A combination of sucktastic downsampling on the raws page, smeared Saturnshine, and equatorial-ridge envy doomed this beautiful visit to oblivion. As I've had the pleasure of taking a day off to play with these (thanks Emily for that awesome Selected ISS Data page!) I'm proud/drunk to present The Forgotten Flyby.


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post Aug 28 2008, 04:47 AM
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Here's poster showcasing all the currently available products from this flyby with *&%#@(!!) Ray Crater in view. I stole ugordan's fantastic distant color rendition from his flickr page. (psssst....I'd like to see that whole mosaic in color sometime. If anyone can do it, it's you.) The closeup view in the upper right corner begs a few questions...."Is all that powdery craterless freshness landslides? What's up with that peppering of tiny craters near the central peak? Are those layers in them thar walls?"
On that note, where does the time go?

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post Aug 28 2008, 09:36 PM
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QUOTE (Exploitcorporations @ Aug 28 2008, 12:47 AM) *
The closeup view in the upper right corner begs a few questions...."Is all that powdery craterless freshness landslides? What's up with that peppering of tiny craters near the central peak? Are those layers in them thar walls?"

Some massive settling on the left post-impact means fewer secondary impact craters than on the right?
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post Aug 28 2008, 10:17 PM
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Speaking of impact deposits, did anyone take note of a string of dark stains seen vertical (splitting the mosaic right in half) in my above composite? Here's a crop and enhancement at the original geometry, equator is roughy horizontal:
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They're very faint, but are black-ish unlike the rest of Rhean regolith. Apparently they can only be seen in lower phase imagery due to very low contrast. Do we know of a crater whose ejecta might have produced this (although ejecta on Rhea seems brighter than the surroundings) or could this have something to do with the hypothesized ring? I found the equatorial orientation somewhat interesting, otherwise I'd pay no attention to this.


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post Aug 28 2008, 10:20 PM
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It has the appearance of a massive landslide or escarpment.


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- Exploitcorporations   Rhea Revisited   Aug 28 2008, 03:37 AM
- - Exploitcorporations   As Cassini approached between 66,000 and 48,000km ...   Aug 28 2008, 03:46 AM
- - Exploitcorporations   The 20-frame Saturnshine attempt seems to have bee...   Aug 28 2008, 03:59 AM
- - Exploitcorporations   Just past the point of closest approach, the space...   Aug 28 2008, 04:19 AM
- - volcanopele   Very nice! I have to admit, I didn't pay ...   Aug 28 2008, 04:20 AM
|- - Exploitcorporations   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 27 2008, 08:20 P...   Aug 28 2008, 04:34 AM
- - Exploitcorporations   Possibly the highlight of the encounter, the huge ...   Aug 28 2008, 04:30 AM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (Exploitcorporations @ Aug 27 2008, 09...   Aug 28 2008, 05:09 AM
|- - Exploitcorporations   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 27 2008, 09:09 P...   Aug 28 2008, 05:31 AM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 28 2008, 06:09 A...   Aug 28 2008, 05:52 AM
- - Exploitcorporations   Here's poster showcasing all the currently ava...   Aug 28 2008, 04:47 AM
|- - ugordan   Superb mosaics, Exploitcorporations! QUOTE (E...   Aug 28 2008, 07:42 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Exploitcorporations @ Aug 28 2008, 12...   Aug 28 2008, 09:36 PM
|- - ugordan   Speaking of impact deposits, did anyone take note ...   Aug 28 2008, 10:17 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   It has the appearance of a massive landslide or es...   Aug 28 2008, 10:20 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (ugordan @ Aug 28 2008, 06:17 PM) T...   Aug 28 2008, 11:05 PM
- - Exploitcorporations   The last of the three high resolution observations...   Aug 28 2008, 05:00 AM
- - Exploitcorporations   Just a few odds and ends before I sign out...too t...   Aug 28 2008, 05:21 AM
|- - hendric   QUOTE (Exploitcorporations @ Aug 27 2008, 11...   Aug 29 2008, 08:01 PM
|- - ugordan   I know I said I wouldn't be doing the color mo...   Aug 30 2008, 11:02 PM
|- - tedstryk   Beautiful! But since a double negative equals...   Aug 31 2008, 01:10 PM
- - volcanopele   Now don't go mixing politics with image proces...   Aug 28 2008, 05:48 AM
|- - Exploitcorporations   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 27 2008, 09:48 P...   Aug 28 2008, 06:10 AM
- - dvandorn   Ya know, EC... back when the forum was deciding (i...   Aug 28 2008, 06:27 AM
- - volcanopele   It is still the most boring moon in the solar syst...   Aug 28 2008, 07:15 AM
- - Mariner9   My vote for the single most boring object in the s...   Aug 28 2008, 10:45 AM
|- - tedstryk   Wow, strange coincidences. After too much beer, I...   Aug 28 2008, 11:35 AM
- - belleraphon1   Absolutely stunning, EC!!!!! A...   Aug 28 2008, 12:45 PM
- - centsworth_II   RE: Rhea Revisited   Aug 28 2008, 08:56 PM
- - Exploitcorporations   Here's the parting global mosaic , with the po...   Aug 28 2008, 11:38 PM
- - jasedm   ^ Magnificent! I've often felt slightly gu...   Aug 29 2008, 08:14 AM
- - tasp   The Gehrels Asteroid book indicates the Iapetan da...   Aug 29 2008, 01:42 PM
- - Exploitcorporations   *&%#$@in' amazing, Gordan! You ha...   Sep 3 2008, 07:34 AM
- - ugordan   You're too kind, EC. By all means go ahead wit...   Sep 3 2008, 08:16 AM


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