Cape York, Landfall! Options

[fredk]

Maybe he did - in the absence of official names for the rocks here, we'll take anything on offer! I actually like the idea of Tisdale n, for n > 0. At some point individual names gets silly.

[djellison]

It's impossible to tell if someone is being funny or sarcastic or ironic on the internet without gratuitous use of smileys, winks etc etc.

[Stu]

I think most people here got that my labelled map was a joke...

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&p=178052

The "* not really" and big smiley were something of a giveaway, I think.

[neo56]

A compilation of the different rocks imaged by Opportunity so far, with the temporary nomenclature defined by Stu.

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[centsworth_II]

...with the temporary nomenclature defined by Stu.

Stu, you've created a monster.

[Stu]

Nope, I haven't defined anything. Those numbered Tisdale rocks were all named and numbered by the MER team, you can see that on the Tracking site.

[mhoward]

I guess we have to be clear here. Tisdale 1 through 5 are labels from the tracking data, and so are 'official'. At the moment, anything above 5 only appeared in Stu's joke post, and was just a little joke. The names in neo56's post are accurate as far as we know right now and were not defined by Stu.

Adding: And to completely kill the joke: as Tesheiner pointed out, the area over there is apparently called "Stoughton". So Tisdale's days are numbered. (Sorry.)

Well, I thought it was amusing, Stu.

[marsophile]

The white stuff seems to be coating a lot of rocks in this area.

Just a stab in the dark, but I was wondering if the porous white material could be related to the "popcorn" we saw back at Endurance crater.

[neo56]

Oops, sorry for my misunderstanding I thought only one rock was called Tisdale and those with numbers had temporary names given by members of UMSF.
Anyway, what's relevant is not their names but what they are made of. I'm looking forward the first results of the APXS analysis.

[kungpostyle]

Hmmm...

Press Conference

[stevesliva]

Hmmm...

Press Conference

Sneak attack presser. Everyone panic.

(This post is not at all sarcastic.)

[Robert S]

I don't think we have to worry

Quote:
"Opportunity, still very active, reached the rim of Endeavour crater on Aug. 9. The arrival gives the rover access to geology different from any it explored during its first 90 months on Mars. "

[Stu]

Perfect time for a "Let's catch up with Oppy" press conference. A page has been turned. Long drive behind her, arrival at a shiny new place, sparkly new science targets to find and then study, a whole new landscape to share with people... makes perfect sense to me.

[Jam Butty]

Um... You didn't get that my "NASA map" with all those numbered 'Tisdales' was a joke...?

Sorry mate.... it went right over my head.
duh@me lol, I should learn to read stuff more carefully before I post.

The 2x1 mosaic and (IMO) the whole rock field visible on it was named "Stoughton".
AFAIK, all the rocks on this site have been named upon several lithotectonic assemblages on eastern Canada. From Volcanism of Eastern Canada:

The 2,677 million year old Abitibi greenstone belt in Ontario and Quebec is one of the largest Archean greenstone belts on Earth and one of the youngest parts of the Superior craton which sequentially forms part of the Canadian Shield. Komatiite lavas in the Abitibi greenstone belt (pictured) occur in four lithotectonic assemblages known as Pacaud, Stoughton-Roquemaure, Kidd-Munro and Tisdale.

Thanks Tesheiner,
actually i prefer the full name of 'Stoughton-Roquemaure' given in the quote,
sounds like a type of blue cheese.

[stevelu]

Not sure if this rock has a name,
but I think the big block on the right is Tisdale 18.

Flicker gif, pancam sol 2699
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One thing I love about this pic is how it reminds me of that maze of fake windswept rocks that the Robinsons always seemed to land next to, in the old Lost in Space TV show. (It saw some use in the original Star Trek as well.)

These rocks are far far more interesting, of course. Still, I expect that, just over the hill, Oppy may find an abandoned but still functional alien machine (don't pull that lever Oppy! leave that for Will...or maybe Dr. Smith), or a family of culturally-stereotyped aliens with colored skin