Deimos!, MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-1551, 11 August 2006 |
Deimos!, MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-1551, 11 August 2006 |
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Aug 11 2006, 04:15 PM
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It looks as if Mike and Phil's efforts have paid off
Deimos! MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-1551, 11 August 2006 EDIT: Sorry, Phil, I didn't read all the way to the bottom of the release. This post has been edited by AlexBlackwell: Aug 11 2006, 05:02 PM |
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Guest_Myran_* |
Aug 11 2006, 04:53 PM
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Phil Stooke also get a mentioning on that page, small world(s).
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Aug 11 2006, 05:13 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Glad to see MOC has now imaged all the members of the "Mars system."
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Aug 11 2006, 05:17 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10184 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
This is the map I sent to Mike to help identify which craters were which in the image.
Phil and my version of the annotated image - mine is processed differently. -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf 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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Guest_AlexBlackwell_* |
Aug 11 2006, 05:29 PM
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Glad to see MOC has now imaged all the members of the "Mars system." Mike can correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the Mars Observer Camera (i.e., MOC1) would have returned even more spectacular views of both martian moons, primarily due to the nature of the descent from elliptical capture orbit to final mapping orbit. Off topic: Ted, is your signature purposely coded the way it appears? |
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Aug 11 2006, 07:39 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Great to see the results of a conversation that started here turning into real pictures!
These obs would probably have been taken anyway, but to think that this place might have played a small role is fantastic Great planning by the MOC team......now...any plans to try and image MRO Doug |
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Aug 11 2006, 07:55 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10184 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Oh, I suppose you want to rehire me now...?
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf 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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Aug 12 2006, 01:46 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10184 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I should have added this before - if you look closely at the MSSS release and my image a few posts up, you will see that they are mirror images of each other. The raw MOC image is flipped, and in my image I have corrected this so the moon looks like it would to you if you were there. I thought MSSS would correct for that in the release but they didn't. This serves as a warning to anyone browsing the MOC image gallery, that some images are flipped. Usually it makes no difference to you until you try comparing it with maps or other images.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf 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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Aug 12 2006, 02:02 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2517 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
I should have added this before - if you look closely at the MSSS release and my image a few posts up, you will see that they are mirror images of each other. The raw MOC image is flipped, and in my image I have corrected this so the moon looks like it would to you if you were there. I thought MSSS would correct for that in the release but they didn't. I didn't work on this release, and I think more effort could have been spent on it, but when you're banging these things out once a day, there really isn't much time to spend on any given one. QUOTE This serves as a warning to anyone browsing the MOC image gallery, that some images are flipped. Usually it makes no difference to you until you try comparing it with maps or other images. Images in the gallery are raw out of the camera. I tried to make it as clear as I could in the ancillary data what the flipping status is. Obviously the map-projected versions are north-up east-right as one would expect. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Aug 12 2006, 02:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2517 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
These obs would probably have been taken anyway, but to think that this place might have played a small role is fantastic Great planning by the MOC team......now...any plans to try and image MRO Actually, I doubt this image would have been taken otherwise; it's not really that great or useful an image considering the range (but it probably would have been silly to have not tried it at least once.) I haven't heard any specific plans to image MRO but I wouldn't be surprised. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Aug 12 2006, 02:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2517 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Mike can correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the Mars Observer Camera (i.e., MOC1) would have returned even more spectacular views of both martian moons, primarily due to the nature of the descent from elliptical capture orbit to final mapping orbit. This might have been true for Phobos, where there was some effort planned to make the "1-day drift orbit" period be an integer multiple of the period of Phobos and so produce a close approach on each orbit. I don't think the Deimos geometry would have been much improved, though. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Aug 12 2006, 03:22 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10184 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Don't get me wrong, Mike, I was very pleased to see the release. I just want people to know what they are looking at.
I must admit, when we first discussed it, I hoped the view would reveal more of the trailing side. The limb in this view is on a north-south trending ridge line. Behind it, to the east, is a broad flat or concave region, and then another ridge beyond that. I hoped for a view of the far ridge, but viewing from so close to Mars, we just don't get far enough to the east in Deimos sub-spacecraft coordinates to see past the first ridge. Still, as I said before, this is the only image which puts a limb in this region of Deimos, and that's useful input to shape models, which are still very poor in this part of Deimos. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf 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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