Chang'e 3 landing and first lunar day of operations, Including landing site geology and localization |
Chang'e 3 landing and first lunar day of operations, Including landing site geology and localization |
Jan 10 2014, 03:02 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10127 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Yes, they are great images. I have manipulated the end of day panorama to come up with these different views:
The large pointy rock west of the rover, said to be a target for analysis soon, is mostly shaded at the left edge of the circular version. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jan 10 2014, 03:50 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10127 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
And here's the other pan in cylindrical and my circular version. Thanks to ... the source of the images, whoever that is.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jan 10 2014, 03:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2073 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
And Earth turned out to be just as expected; not much difference from a deep space shot at the same distance! (Google Translate of the caption says something about '15 points'; possibly 15 degrees from the horizon?)
Much better pictures of the landing gear and how far it's sunk into the regolith too. |
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Jan 10 2014, 04:19 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 64 Joined: 15-June 12 From: Hong Kong Member No.: 6419 |
And Earth turned out to be just as expected; not much difference from a deep space shot at the same distance! (Google Translate of the caption says something about '15 points'; possibly 15 degrees from the horizon?) Much better pictures of the landing gear and how far it's sunk into the regolith too. Nope, the caption said that the photo was taken by the lander's MastCam on December 25 at 02:15 BJT (18:15 UTC Dec. 24). -------------------- UMSF - the place of Opportunity to satisfy your Spirit of Curiosity via Perseverance
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Jan 10 2014, 04:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 378 Joined: 21-April 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 347 |
Very nice indeed. Good to view the side shots of the lander in decent quality.
I notice that the images are still not fully calibrated (or perhaps not calibrated at all for these releases), as you can see a gradient on each individual image that composes the mosaic. This source also has some of the UV images of Earth: http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.x...25988104_11.htm -------------------- _______________________
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Jan 10 2014, 08:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2425 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
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Jan 10 2014, 08:35 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
The pictures are all in my blog now, so here is a "safe for work" link: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakda...ty-change3.html
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Jan 11 2014, 04:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 106 Joined: 25-November 04 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 113 |
Nope, the caption said that the photo was taken by the lander's MastCam on December 25 at 02:15 BJT (18:15 UTC Dec. 24). I have attempted to reconstruct the picture based on the published time, using the Fourmilab Earth/Moon Viewer and an 18:00 UTC MTSAT image. Looking at GOES imagery of the prominent swirl near Antarctica, it's pretty clear to me that the Chang'e picture was taken quite a bit earlier than 18:15 UTC. I would guess about 15:30 UTC based on where the terminator is with respect to the swirl. |
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Jan 20 2014, 04:07 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10127 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
That was not the only Earth image. This newscast:
http://news.sohu.com/s2013/change/ includes three views of Earth: Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jan 20 2014, 11:43 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 547 Joined: 1-May 06 From: Scotland (Ecosse, Escocia) Member No.: 759 |
Website complete with banner heading showing Yutu incongruously trundling over the southern Oceanus Procellarum !
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Jan 20 2014, 03:39 PM
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Website complete with banner heading showing Yutu incongruously trundling over the southern Oceanus Procellarum ! Can you clarify what you are meaning? -------------------- UMSF - the place of Opportunity to satisfy your Spirit of Curiosity via Perseverance
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Jan 20 2014, 03:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 378 Joined: 21-April 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 347 |
I think the comment is about the animated header on the site http://news.sohu.com/s2013/change/
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Jan 20 2014, 04:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 547 Joined: 1-May 06 From: Scotland (Ecosse, Escocia) Member No.: 759 |
Can you clarify what you are meaning? As '4th rock' says, the post was referring to the animation at the top of that web page. It shows Yutu in motion, but it is travelling on the wrong part of the moon, an area in the south of the Oceanus Procellarum. I'm sure it is just the web designer's flair - not intended to be accurate. |
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Jan 22 2014, 07:29 AM
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Jan 22 2014, 09:37 AM
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