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Dawn's first orbit, including RC3, March 6, 2015- June 15, 2015

Ron Hobbs View Member Profile	Mar 6 2015, 03:23 PM Post #201
Member Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 14-April 06 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 745	Dawn is now officially in orbit around (1) Ceres! Congratulations, NASA. Nice images of crescent Ceres. NASA Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf Planet

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Ron Hobbs Dawn's first orbit, including RC3 Mar 6 2015, 03:23 PM

jgoldader Looking at the animation for spot 5, I'm tempt... May 12 2015, 09:41 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE (jgoldader @ May 12 2015, 03:41 PM)... May 12 2015, 10:10 PM

Gladstoner Just trying to map out the bright areas: May 12 2015, 10:28 PM

Gladstoner Crater floor fractures? May 13 2015, 06:51 AM

antipode Is that rift in any way radial to the mountain/... May 13 2015, 10:31 AM

0101Morpheus Too soon to tell unfortunately. Impacts can create... May 13 2015, 10:39 AM

John Broughton Has anyone noticed in the RC3 movie, small hills (... May 13 2015, 12:47 PM

Phil Stooke I don't know if I can think of a single exampl... May 13 2015, 12:30 PM

tasp The crater Turgis and the 'tiger scratches... May 13 2015, 01:01 PM

Phil Stooke There are similar valleys on Iapetus associated wi... May 13 2015, 02:09 PM

Gladstoner The rifts around bright-spot crater are more or le... May 13 2015, 03:16 PM

ZLD The green lines to the left and upper left of the ... May 13 2015, 04:29 PM

Ken2 QUOTE (ZLD @ May 13 2015, 09:29 AM) Maybe... May 13 2015, 07:54 PM

dvandorn Remember that tectonic cracking of a crust can exp... May 13 2015, 07:13 PM

Ken2 QUOTE (nprev @ May 8 2015, 11:44 AM) Thos... May 14 2015, 04:50 PM

Bill Harris Please, continue to discuss and speculate... May 13 2015, 07:35 PM

John Broughton QUOTE (Bill Harris @ May 13 2015, 07:35 P... May 15 2015, 03:28 AM

Gladstoner Piazzi (contrast enhanced): There is an intrigu... May 13 2015, 08:04 PM

elakdawalla There is a difference between observations; infere... May 14 2015, 05:48 PM

ngunn dvandorn wasn't warning anyone, just expressin... May 14 2015, 05:51 PM

dvandorn QUOTE (ngunn @ May 14 2015, 11:51 AM) dva... May 15 2015, 12:47 AM

Gladstoner And then there is this subtly shaded area to the n... May 14 2015, 09:23 PM

RotoSequence QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 14 2015, 02:23 PM... May 14 2015, 09:56 PM

alk3997 QUOTE (RotoSequence @ May 14 2015, 04:56 ... May 14 2015, 10:42 PM

nprev Just to step in with a mod opinion here: Speculati... May 15 2015, 01:03 AM

Steve G I come to this site every day and even though I ha... May 15 2015, 05:53 PM

Habukaz Dawn will pause its ion thrusting tomorrow to take... May 15 2015, 06:31 PM

Gladstoner Speaking of 'fun' speculation, I'll gi... May 15 2015, 09:38 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 15 2015, 01:38 PM... May 16 2015, 01:29 PM

jgoldader QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 16 2015, 09:29 A... May 16 2015, 02:32 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 16 2015, 07:29 A... May 16 2015, 04:43 PM

scalbers Just a quick clarification that Triton's plume... May 16 2015, 03:36 PM

jgoldader QUOTE (scalbers @ May 16 2015, 11:36 AM) ... May 16 2015, 07:49 PM

Habukaz It might be interesting to note that although Cere... May 16 2015, 08:39 PM

walfy Another take on the latest Ceres series, in 3D: ... May 19 2015, 08:52 AM

jgoldader QUOTE (Habukaz @ May 16 2015, 04:39 PM) I... May 19 2015, 11:03 AM

John Broughton The largely resurfaced region south of the crater ... May 19 2015, 02:38 PM

alk3997 QUOTE (John Broughton @ May 19 2015, 09:3... May 19 2015, 03:40 PM

JRehling I thought I'd inject a comparison between Cere... May 20 2015, 05:55 PM

ngunn QUOTE (JRehling @ May 20 2015, 06:55 PM) ... May 20 2015, 09:42 PM

JRehling QUOTE (ngunn @ May 20 2015, 02:42 PM) Exc... May 21 2015, 01:56 AM

ngunn I was mulling over the question of how compact clu... May 21 2015, 10:07 AM

MarsInMyLifetime Just to keep other causes in the discussion, we ca... May 19 2015, 05:51 PM

Habukaz Yep, the bright spot is in the latest navigation i... May 20 2015, 04:20 PM

Gerald For convenience, the bright spot 8-fold magnified,... May 20 2015, 05:15 PM

elakdawalla Personally I'm more than happy to accept lots ... May 20 2015, 05:25 PM

Steve G We are finally at the point where we can't get... May 20 2015, 05:39 PM

Gladstoner It's puzzling, though, that the associated TIF... May 20 2015, 05:40 PM

volcanopele QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 20 2015, 10:40 AM... May 20 2015, 06:30 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE (volcanopele @ May 20 2015, 01:30 P... May 20 2015, 07:17 PM

Habukaz QUOTE (volcanopele @ May 20 2015, 08:30 P... May 20 2015, 07:46 PM

elakdawalla It's horrible but true that the TIF versions o... May 20 2015, 07:30 PM

charborob While converting to JPEG, why didn't they spec... May 20 2015, 07:53 PM

scalbers A simple map with a bright spot image projected on... May 20 2015, 07:56 PM

Gladstoner This crater floor fracture shows a little more det... May 20 2015, 09:28 PM

Gerald Yes, thanks, that's a plausible approach! ... May 21 2015, 11:32 AM

Ken2 It is a interesting article and hypothesis - howev... May 21 2015, 05:26 PM

ngunn QUOTE (Ken2 @ May 21 2015, 06:26 PM) 3) D... May 21 2015, 06:20 PM

Blue Sky I would think a rubble pile approaching on a glanc... May 21 2015, 07:38 PM

Gerald It depends on the density, shape, and rigidity of ... May 21 2015, 07:21 PM

ngunn Well I used a density ratio of 3 in the formula fo... May 21 2015, 07:47 PM

Gladstoner There appears to be a dark linear feature extendin... May 21 2015, 10:34 PM

Gerald QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 22 2015, 12:34 AM... May 22 2015, 01:00 AM

John Broughton "There appears to be a dark linear feature ex... May 22 2015, 06:56 AM

Gladstoner QUOTE (John Broughton @ May 22 2015, 12:5... May 22 2015, 08:16 AM

John Broughton QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 22 2015, 08:16 AM... May 22 2015, 08:53 AM

elakdawalla Hmm, I think you may be on to something, Gladstone... May 22 2015, 12:28 AM

Bjorn Jonsson QUOTE (elakdawalla @ May 22 2015, 12:28 A... May 22 2015, 12:42 AM

fredk QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ May 22 2015, 01:42... May 22 2015, 01:34 AM

Gladstoner QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ May 21 2015, 07:42... May 22 2015, 02:32 AM

TheAnt The idea of ascending fluids is a good one, but st... May 22 2015, 11:27 AM

Habukaz The latest released OpNav 8 image appears to have ... May 22 2015, 05:06 PM

scalbers Here's a revised Ceres map, using 4 more recen... May 22 2015, 05:40 PM

Ken2 The two Spot5 Opnav8 images to date - with all the... May 22 2015, 06:56 PM

scalbers And here is the map with today's OpNav added. ... May 22 2015, 06:58 PM

Ken2 QUOTE (scalbers @ May 22 2015, 11:58 AM) ... May 22 2015, 08:46 PM

antipode Hmm, hard to tell with that projection, but is the... May 22 2015, 10:07 PM

Gladstoner A can of Diet Coke today had me thinking. We all h... May 22 2015, 10:40 PM

TheAnt QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 23 2015, 12:40 AM... May 23 2015, 07:43 PM

scalbers Good idea Ken2 - I put together a quick procedure ... May 22 2015, 11:08 PM

John Broughton There are at least three possible volcanic cones a... May 22 2015, 11:56 PM

PDP8E My deconvolve program had a little fun with this J... May 23 2015, 03:12 AM

Gladstoner QUOTE (PDP8E @ May 22 2015, 10:12 PM) Its... May 23 2015, 05:22 AM

SFJCody I just think the whole of Ceres is like Vastitas B... May 23 2015, 06:34 AM

Bill Harris QUOTE put together a quick procedure to make a pol... May 23 2015, 10:17 AM

scalbers QUOTE (Bill Harris @ May 23 2015, 10:17 A... May 23 2015, 04:13 PM

Habukaz Yesterday, Dawn took its last navigation images of... May 23 2015, 12:59 PM

Gladstoner Smooth mountains and large valley.... Are they rel... May 23 2015, 04:53 PM

scalbers On the left is a slightly different perspective on... May 23 2015, 08:43 PM

Gladstoner Thanks. In the latest image, it looks more like a ... May 23 2015, 10:29 PM

scalbers I'll eventually do this at high resolution, th... May 23 2015, 11:57 PM

ngunn I'm curious as to why the 'sand dollar... May 24 2015, 07:29 AM

scalbers Good question. In the lower res rotation movie app... May 24 2015, 04:05 PM

John Broughton One of the albedo spots visible in OpNav3 images t... May 25 2015, 01:12 AM

ZLD QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 23 2015, 02:53 PM... May 25 2015, 05:59 AM

Gladstoner QUOTE (ZLD @ May 25 2015, 12:59 AM) This ... May 25 2015, 07:58 AM

jgoldader Not meaning to degrade the S/N, but as a recoverin... May 25 2015, 12:18 PM

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