Close up surface features of U&N:s satellites, discussion thread (obviously, no close up photos exists) |
Close up surface features of U&N:s satellites, discussion thread (obviously, no close up photos exists) |
Jan 13 2016, 09:05 AM
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Hi all,
This has perhaps been asked before but since many of Uranus' and Neptune's satellites have many similarities in material composition (most are mainly rock + water ice), how much can be known about small scale features of their surfaces? How accurate would a procedurally estimated terrain patch of, say, 1x1km be. How about 100x100m? 1x1m? I began thinking about this going through the imagery from Philae/Rosetta on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Since 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko consists largely of water ice, like many of U&N satellites surfaces (even though many are ~50/50 rock/ice, the moons surfaces should be more ice because of cryo-volcanism from what I understand), we could perhaps take a lot of inspiration from those photos. How would U&N moons differ from 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on a detailed scale? I am specifically doing a project about Uranus' Miranda but since the topic may apply to many of the satellites, feel free to discuss others too! Some of the 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko imagery: http://cdn4.sci-news.com/images/enlarge/im..._1e-Rosetta.jpg http://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploa...58e6c1682_o.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/40vJvruqoKs/maxresdefault.jpg
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