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Dawn's Survey Orbit at Ceres
Paolo
post Jun 15 2015, 05:47 PM
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daily Ceres picture from the survey orbit
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images...tml?id=PIA19572

I started a new topic, as we are no longer in the first orbit phase
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post Jun 15 2015, 06:21 PM
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QUOTE (Paolo @ Jun 15 2015, 10:47 AM) *
daily Ceres picture from the survey orbit
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images...tml?id=PIA19572

I started a new topic, as we are no longer in the first orbit phase


Do my eyes deceive me, or is there a dearth of central pit craters on Ceres?
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post Jun 16 2015, 04:54 PM
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The latest image has a nice perspective that shows some topography:

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and of course, a nice view of a bright crater:

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Also some dome-like structures visible in other places?


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post Jun 16 2015, 05:01 PM
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The other white-spot crater looks quite messy, but in a good way:

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(Cropped image 2x, not resampled.)

It does looks like the impact scored a direct hit on an isolated pocket of the white stuff.
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post Jun 16 2015, 05:44 PM
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Danielle's experiment seams quite close to this: splash!


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post Jun 17 2015, 01:17 AM
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QUOTE (Habukaz @ Jun 16 2015, 11:54 AM) *
The latest image has a nice perspective that shows some topography:

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That is the row of three mountains seen earlier. A map of the general area (thanks, Greenish for the map):

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post Jun 17 2015, 04:28 PM
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A different view of that pingo/volcano/whatever and more white stuff.....

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post Jun 17 2015, 04:48 PM
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FYI, the released TIFS have much better detail than the JPGs.


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That mound just seems to have no rhyme or reason. If anything, it resembles a volcanic dome ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_dome ).
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post Jun 17 2015, 05:02 PM
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shield volcano is the word that comes to mind when I see that thing. I wonder how old it is (whatever it is); there are hints of what could be craters on its slopes.


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post Jun 17 2015, 05:13 PM
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The fossae bundle again:

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The square arrangement of features is interesting.
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QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Jun 17 2015, 06:48 PM) *
FYI, the released TIFS have much better detail than the JPGs.


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That mound just seems to have no rhyme or reason. If anything, it resembles a volcanic dome ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_dome ).

Same but with a wider perspective: https://twitter.com/nasa_dawn/status/611222468942934017


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post Jun 17 2015, 06:29 PM
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The images at full resolution are as usual found at the Photjournal and the Dawn website. The Twitter account rarely provides anything unique other than some extra image description (like characterising the bright crater (spot 1) in yesterday's images as young) and status updates.


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post Jun 17 2015, 07:55 PM
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Are we sure that volcano-looking feature isn't a crater? Sometimes it's hard to tell if something is a mound or a hollow.
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post Jun 17 2015, 08:03 PM
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QUOTE (Superstring @ Jun 17 2015, 01:55 PM) *
Are we sure that volcano-looking feature isn't a crater? Sometimes it's hard to tell if something is a mound or a hollow.


Definitely a mountain.

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post Jun 17 2015, 11:16 PM
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QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Jun 17 2015, 06:48 PM) *
That mound just seems to have no rhyme or reason. If anything, it resembles a volcanic dome ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_dome ).


Perhaps a tip of rocky core poking out through a globe of dust?
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