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New science from old Voyager data, Anyone got any examples?

As old as Voyage... As old as Voyager View Member Profile	Mar 10 2007, 01:56 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 117 Joined: 7-December 06 From: Sheffield UK Member No.: 1462	Can anyone suggest instances where reprocessed and reinterpreted Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 data have yielded new scientific insight? I have the following so far: Phil Stooke's reprocessed images of saturn's moons. Phil Stooke's reprocessing of Ariel Uranus-shine images. Titan's surface visible in reprocessed orange filter Voyager 1 images. The discovery of Perdita (1986U10) in 1999 using Voyager 2 Uranus data. Does anyone know of any more? -------------------- It's a funny old world - A man's lucky if he gets out of it alive. - W.C. Fields.

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tasp View Member Profile	Mar 11 2007, 08:43 PM Post #2
Member Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 30-January 05 Member No.: 162	Voyager II saw some (apparent) white peaks on Iapetus off the (presumed) west end of the equatorial ridge structure. We (hopefully) get to understand their significance in the upcoming September flyby. Dark crater floors of Hyperion and Cassini Regio on Iapetus might have been understood as variants of the same physical process (if it turns out to be).

As old as Voyage... As old as Voyager View Member Profile	Mar 13 2007, 05:12 PM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 117 Joined: 7-December 06 From: Sheffield UK Member No.: 1462	QUOTE (tasp @ Mar 11 2007, 08:43 PM) Voyager II saw some (apparent) white peaks on Iapetus off the (presumed) west end of the equatorial ridge structure. We (hopefully) get to understand their significance in the upcoming September flyby. Dark crater floors of Hyperion and Cassini Regio on Iapetus might have been understood as variants of the same physical process (if it turns out to be). Thanks for the tip. I didn't know Voyager 2 images had been enhanced to show the 25 km peaks of Iapetus' ridge. Roll on September! Here's a link if anyone is interested: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2000/pdf/1596.pdf -------------------- It's a funny old world - A man's lucky if he gets out of it alive. - W.C. Fields.

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As old as Voyager New science from old Voyager data Mar 10 2007, 01:56 PM

ugordan QUOTE Titan's surface visible in reprocessed o... Mar 10 2007, 02:21 PM

As old as Voyager I agree the reprocessed Voyager images of Titan do... Mar 10 2007, 03:08 PM

ugordan I wouldn't go as far as to say we got to see t... Mar 10 2007, 03:22 PM

As old as Voyager QUOTE (ugordan @ Mar 10 2007, 03:22 PM) I... Mar 11 2007, 02:26 PM

tedstryk QUOTE (As old as Voyager @ Mar 11 2007, 02... Mar 12 2007, 06:20 PM

Gsnorgathon The "new" Titan data from Voyager at lea... Mar 11 2007, 12:18 AM

tasp Voyager II saw some (apparent) white peaks on Iape... Mar 11 2007, 08:43 PM

As old as Voyager QUOTE (tasp @ Mar 11 2007, 08:43 PM) Voya... Mar 13 2007, 05:12 PM

tasp I appreciate the link to the paper, very interesti... Mar 13 2007, 11:29 PM

Rob Pinnegar The Voyager images will also be useful for looking... Mar 13 2007, 11:56 PM

Ian R Here's the discovery image of Perdita (1986U10... Jun 13 2007, 06:25 AM

um3k QUOTE (Ian R @ Jun 13 2007, 02:25 AM) Her... Jun 13 2007, 01:08 PM

Bjorn Jonsson This cannot be a Voyager image. For one thing, the... Jun 13 2007, 01:58 PM

ugordan It could be a separately processed view of the rin... Jun 13 2007, 02:11 PM

Ian R It's the real deal all right - a mosaic of 10 ... Jun 13 2007, 03:00 PM

lyford It occurs to me that with the computer and optical... Jun 13 2007, 03:58 PM

NGC3314 A little off the planetary focus here, but I got a... Nov 12 2007, 05:36 PM

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