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Jan 3 2014, 02:49 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 23-February 07 From: Occasionally in Columbia, MD Member No.: 1764 |
oooh - is it just me, or is the north polar hood starting to look hexagonal ?
This just in from T97 .. |
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Jan 3 2014, 04:06 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10127 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
-------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Jan 8 2014, 02:34 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 699 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
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Jan 16 2014, 06:37 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
That ring-looking thing seems interesting though http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi...?imageID=302905
edit - an earlier image: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi...?imageID=299891 pretty edit- the same as above basically Not sure it is a polar hood though.... |
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Jan 28 2014, 01:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 699 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
Titan and Saturn images taken on 1/24/2014 reveal the N polar regions of both. The Titan UV3 CL1 image shows the roundish hood. Comparison to Saturn's hexagon (not the same filter, BL1 in Saturn's case) on the same day (but not the same scale of course) suggests Titan's N pole hood is round unlike Saturn's hexagonal N polar atmospheric structure.
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Jan 28 2014, 04:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2346 Joined: 7-December 12 Member No.: 6780 |
Hard to tell, when looking at the corresponding latitude.
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