Dawn's first orbit, including RC3, March 6, 2015- June 15, 2015 |
Dawn's first orbit, including RC3, March 6, 2015- June 15, 2015 |
 Mar 6 2015, 03:23 PM
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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
elakdawalla I thought it was time for a new thread, now that D... Mar 6 2015, 04:29 PM
DrShank QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Mar 6 2015, 10:29 AM... Mar 7 2015, 12:01 AM Habukaz What should nonetheless be correct is that a new m... Mar 7 2015, 09:28 AM Sherbert QUOTE (Habukaz @ Mar 7 2015, 09:28 AM) Wh... Mar 8 2015, 12:36 AM TheAnt QUOTE (Sherbert @ Mar 8 2015, 01:36 AM) A... Mar 9 2015, 11:03 PM ChrisC From http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/march/nasa-...... Mar 8 2015, 04:29 AM Gerald Link to the recorded "Dawn Ceres Arrival... Mar 8 2015, 02:27 PM ChrisC QUOTE (Gerald @ Mar 8 2015, 09:27 AM) Lin... Mar 8 2015, 08:49 PM anticitizen2 Searched for it on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.c... Mar 9 2015, 03:58 PM ChrisC QUOTE (anticitizen2 @ Mar 9 2015, 10:58 A... Mar 10 2015, 02:32 AM peter59 It must be an unusual sight. The narrow sickle of ... Mar 11 2015, 01:53 PM Mr Valiant QUOTE (peter59 @ Mar 11 2015, 01:53 PM) I... Mar 11 2015, 03:48 PM Gladstoner QUOTE (peter59 @ Mar 11 2015, 07:53 AM) I... Mar 12 2015, 02:44 AM marsbug QUOTE (peter59 @ Mar 11 2015, 01:53 PM) I... Mar 12 2015, 08:02 AM Malmer I like these perspective jolting moments. My absol... Mar 12 2015, 10:08 AM Habukaz Dawn is currently communicating with Earth. Here... Apr 15 2015, 11:12 AM JohnVV for those interested this is the orbit for the Daw... Apr 16 2015, 04:53 AM belleraphon1 Dawn Glimpses Ceres' North Pole
http://dawn.jp... Apr 16 2015, 07:09 PM elakdawalla JPL has released an animation of the April 10 opna... Apr 16 2015, 07:11 PM JohnVV it would NOT be visible YET in the April 10 images... Apr 16 2015, 07:31 PM elakdawalla QUOTE (JohnVV @ Apr 16 2015, 12:31 PM) it... Apr 16 2015, 07:37 PM Habukaz Pleasantly surprised to see that OpNav 6 was relea... Apr 16 2015, 07:36 PM JohnVV in the northpole image you posted the two side by ... Apr 16 2015, 08:12 PM Gladstoner I think this mound (or mounds) in the large crater... Apr 16 2015, 09:18 PM Gerald With the following assumed globes for PIA19317.gif... Apr 17 2015, 04:14 AM JohnVV aligning the animated gif with the textured mesh ... Apr 17 2015, 05:56 AM Toma B Ceres rotating back and forth in latest images fro... Apr 17 2015, 08:20 AM TheAnt QUOTE (Toma B @ Apr 17 2015, 10:20 AM) I ... Apr 17 2015, 10:44 AM mcgyver QUOTE (Toma B @ Apr 17 2015, 08:20 AM) Ce... Apr 17 2015, 05:26 PM djellison QUOTE (mcgyver @ Apr 17 2015, 10:26 AM) I... Apr 17 2015, 06:01 PM ZLD Im rather curious about these two spots that appea... Apr 17 2015, 09:56 PM JohnVV ZLD - your map is upside down
That is the two si... Apr 17 2015, 10:04 PM Gladstoner JohnVV, thanks much for the simulations with the g... Apr 17 2015, 10:39 PM JohnVV the grid is dynamically added in the 3d program i ... Apr 17 2015, 10:51 PM Habukaz Is the dimmest bright spot resolved in the OpNav 7... Apr 20 2015, 01:59 PM djellison QUOTE (Habukaz @ Apr 20 2015, 06:59 AM) I... Apr 20 2015, 02:18 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (Habukaz @ Apr 20 2015, 09:59 AM) I... Apr 20 2015, 03:17 PM Habukaz I don't see how that implies that they are res... Apr 20 2015, 03:15 PM Habukaz Just noting that it looks like it spans more than ... Apr 20 2015, 03:24 PM TheAnt QUOTE (Habukaz @ Apr 20 2015, 05:24 PM) L... Apr 20 2015, 06:02 PM scalbers QUOTE (TheAnt @ Apr 20 2015, 06:02 PM) Ye... Apr 20 2015, 06:10 PM Webscientist QUOTE (scalbers @ Apr 20 2015, 07:10 PM) ... Apr 21 2015, 07:52 PM JohnVV from the tiny gif that is PIA19064
it is looking ... Apr 20 2015, 04:40 PM StarryKnight The surface between the craters looks very smooth.... Apr 20 2015, 04:50 PM JohnVV do to the fact that Ceres is very high in ices the... Apr 20 2015, 05:15 PM Toma B Back and forth animation made using grabbed frames... Apr 20 2015, 06:06 PM ZLD Performed some slight enhancements on frame 10 of ... Apr 20 2015, 09:27 PM Gladstoner The bright spot seems to be less prominent when on... Apr 20 2015, 10:55 PM alk3997 QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Apr 20 2015, 04:55 PM... Apr 21 2015, 03:32 PM dudley Dr. Chris Russell, principal investigator of the D... Apr 21 2015, 02:00 AM fredk QUOTE (dudley @ Apr 21 2015, 03:00 AM) Dr... Apr 21 2015, 03:37 PM dudley QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 21 2015, 03:37 PM) It ... Apr 21 2015, 06:25 PM Gladstoner QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 21 2015, 09:37 AM) The... Apr 21 2015, 08:07 PM Explorer1 The fact that these things were visible from Earth... Apr 21 2015, 03:48 AM dudley QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Apr 21 2015, 04:48 AM)... Apr 21 2015, 02:11 PM Gerald Assuming the globes
here a forward/back animation... Apr 21 2015, 11:14 AM Gerald Albedos greater than 1.0 are very rare in nature.
... Apr 21 2015, 03:25 PM Gerald I'd assign the apparent split of the fainter s... Apr 21 2015, 03:48 PM fredk But the upper double spot only brightens as you go... Apr 21 2015, 04:55 PM Gerald QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 21 2015, 05:55 PM) ...... Apr 21 2015, 10:50 PM JohnVV QUOTE The bright spot seems to be less prominent w... Apr 21 2015, 06:34 PM dvandorn In the previous image, and also in the animations ... Apr 21 2015, 07:00 PM elakdawalla Here's a slightly different take on this seque... Apr 21 2015, 09:10 PM Ken2 A heavily zoomed and exposure enhanced version of ... Apr 21 2015, 09:20 PM ZLD Is there any speculation on what would be able to ... Apr 21 2015, 10:16 PM JohnVV well as of the 19th
the Dawn spacecraft would have... Apr 21 2015, 10:24 PM Gladstoner Is anyone else having issues with the released ani... Apr 21 2015, 11:05 PM Gerald Yes, with (outdated) Windows XP / Chrome, at least... Apr 21 2015, 11:15 PM PaulH51 QUOTE (Gerald @ Apr 22 2015, 07:15 AM) Ye... Apr 22 2015, 01:43 AM JohnVV it is a setting ON!!! the dawn web sit... Apr 22 2015, 02:26 AM nprev Yeah, must be. I had to clear my cache to get it t... Apr 22 2015, 03:06 AM fredk Works fine (even on ancient xp) if you download th... Apr 22 2015, 03:48 AM elakdawalla I edited it to loop forever (click to enlarge): Apr 22 2015, 04:14 AM Mr Valiant Emily, great input. Like everyone here, hanging ou... Apr 22 2015, 12:41 PM dudley It's said that when Dawn's mission is fini... Apr 26 2015, 11:27 PM nprev ...aaaand, Dudley's banned. Apr 27 2015, 01:17 AM Mongo QUOTE (nprev @ Apr 27 2015, 02:17 AM) ...... Apr 27 2015, 12:45 PM tedstryk QUOTE (Mongo @ Apr 27 2015, 01:45 PM) Tha... Apr 27 2015, 02:06 PM dudley It's just that I feel it's important to ge... Apr 27 2015, 02:59 PM Holder of the Two Leashes Looks like the Dawn website just underwent a major... Apr 29 2015, 02:28 PM StarryKnight Yes. It looks like they've changed the user in... Apr 29 2015, 03:43 PM JohnVV all this "portrait" formatting on LANDSC... Apr 29 2015, 05:29 PM Phil Stooke I really don't like this new trend. It's ... Apr 29 2015, 05:52 PM djellison QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Apr 29 2015, 09:52 A... Apr 29 2015, 06:35 PM stevesliva QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 29 2015, 01:35 PM)... Apr 29 2015, 09:39 PM MichaelJWP A shame we're reduced to discussing website de... Apr 29 2015, 06:26 PM JohnVV with this getting off topic
i think most of us H... Apr 29 2015, 06:59 PM Bjorn Jonsson QUOTE (JohnVV @ Apr 29 2015, 06:59 PM) ..... Apr 30 2015, 12:40 AM Habukaz New RC3 image is out at the photojournal: http://p... Apr 29 2015, 07:31 PM Habukaz Following up on that image, is the relatively crat... Apr 29 2015, 08:46 PM dvandorn It looks more like a massive ejecta sheet to me, a... Apr 29 2015, 08:56 PM Gladstoner Since we're on the subject of website design t... Apr 29 2015, 09:32 PM volcanopele Reminds me a lot of the terracing on relatively fr... Apr 30 2015, 01:25 AM elakdawalla It really does look strikingly lunar. Apr 30 2015, 03:42 AM Phil Stooke I can't say that area above the crater looks l... Apr 30 2015, 08:05 AM pitcapuozzo Another view of the southern hemisphere! http:... Apr 30 2015, 05:42 PM Gladstoner Compared with the north polar area, there seems to... Apr 30 2015, 08:00 PM fredk More puzzling image release quirks: PIA19319 is re... Apr 30 2015, 10:32 PM djellison QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 30 2015, 03:32 PM) Mor... Apr 30 2015, 11:05 PM  |
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