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Solar System Cartographer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 10193 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 ![]() |
First route map! I will keep it going, mostly on LROC images, as I need it for a future project. I am still working on an accurate scale.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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![]() Administrator ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 ![]() |
Now that we have six wheels on soil we need a dedicated route map thread
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![]() Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 559 Joined: 1-May 06 From: Scotland (Ecosse, Escocia) Member No.: 759 ![]() |
Could we re-post the landing site location images here, so all the relevant mapping material is in the one place?
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![]() Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 559 Joined: 1-May 06 From: Scotland (Ecosse, Escocia) Member No.: 759 ![]() |
Thanks, Thorsten and Phil,
I watched a lot of CNTV live stream after the deployment of Yutu, and in one of the interviews an engineer showed a map of the early stages of the Rover's intended route. It showed a curved route going down the east side of the lander, which was said to be in order to photograph the sunlit side of the Lander (which makes sense). It then came in behind the south side of the Lander (I think they said to photograph the Chinese flag on the Lander ), and made a short move directly further south. There were 3 or 4 stops marked with blobs, indicating mutual photo stops. Unfortunately this was up too fast for me to get a screen grab. I have searched the several clips from that coverage here and elsewhere, but that part does not appear to be one that was clipped and posted for later re-play. China TV English Chang'e Report |
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Solar System Cartographer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 10193 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 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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Solar System Cartographer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 10193 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 ![]() |
I agree... I was holding off until I knew which date the new images were taken, but I'm sure you are right.
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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Solar System Cartographer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 10193 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 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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Solar System Cartographer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 10193 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 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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Solar System Cartographer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 10193 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 ![]() |
Update to 22 December - but the exact location is not certain and is subject to correction (as it will usually be)
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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![]() Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 559 Joined: 1-May 06 From: Scotland (Ecosse, Escocia) Member No.: 759 ![]() |
Total distance travelled to date, according to Xinhua today...
"The six-wheeled rover started moving again after shutting down its subsystems on Dec. 16, and has traveled about 21 meters as of 8:05 p.m. Beijing Time on Saturday, according to the BACC." |
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 ![]() |
Update to 22 December - but the exact location is not certain and is subject to correction (as it will usually be) Phil Phil you are definitely one of the BEST planetary cartographers in the world. I mean it : you succeed so well in adding locations on the Moon for a probe and its rover for which we have barely (as Westerners) no hi-res imaging data at all (and I would say with no access to an outreach policy as we have in Europe or in the USA). CONGRATULATIONS, Phil ! (and Merry XMas) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 ![]() |
this link (in Chinese) gives some details of the future objectives of Yutu's traverses:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2013-12/24/c_118692396.htm a "large stone pyramid" about 42 meters SW of the lander, the a high ground to the W and a crater 10 m to the N. the link also gives some detail of the driving sessions. |
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Solar System Cartographer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 10193 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 ![]() |
The pyramid will be the large rock in the corner of my route map (and its pyramid shape well seen in the circular pan I posted). The high ground is most likely the rim of the 60 m diameter crater west of the lander, bristling with rocks in the panorama view. The other crater is probably the blocky one just north of the lander. After that the article says they are contemplating a strategic path for long term objectives.
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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