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 Mar 15 2007, 03:31 PM
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Very, very little in comparision to Enceladus, but there may be some small-scale current activity. Article here.
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Apr 9 2007, 05:37 PM
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Where is the south pole on this image? That's what I'm having trouble figuring out.
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Apr 9 2007, 05:59 PM
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QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Apr 9 2007, 05:37 PM)  Where is the south pole on this image? That's what I'm having trouble figuring out. Here is an orthographic view of the southern hemisphere from directly below using Steve Albers' map:
And the approximate viewing geometry:
The subspacecraft latitude is approximately -74° and the subspacecraft longitude 278°. |
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nprev Dione Outgassing? Mar 15 2007, 03:31 PM
MarcF So, they indeed were looking for a plume at Dione ... Mar 15 2007, 09:08 PM Adam How can we be sure that it's just not ejecta f... Mar 15 2007, 09:21 PM
Rob Pinnegar QUOTE (Adam @ Mar 15 2007, 03:21 PM) How ... Mar 15 2007, 09:31 PM belleraphon1 Enceladus and Dione are the densest of the icy Sat... Mar 16 2007, 01:06 AM Phil Stooke Nothing to do with outgassing, but here are the la... Mar 24 2007, 05:56 PM Paolo I don't know whether it may have something to ... Mar 24 2007, 06:02 PM nprev QUOTE (Paolo @ Mar 24 2007, 11:02 AM) I r... Apr 9 2007, 05:37 PM nprev Nice, Phil!
Hate to say it, but I don't t... Mar 24 2007, 06:02 PM scalbers Phil - nice image, where might that basin be? The ... Mar 24 2007, 07:38 PM Phil Stooke It's the same one we have often seen before in... Mar 24 2007, 09:02 PM Phil Stooke Yikes - here it is again. This new sequence has a... Apr 9 2007, 04:12 PM elakdawalla I'm having trouble orienting myself here...wou... Apr 9 2007, 05:26 PM volcanopele This observation covers the southern leading hemis... Apr 9 2007, 05:34 PM Phil Stooke Original from Steve Albers.
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Apr 9 2007, 06:05 PM elakdawalla Thank you very much, Bjorn and Phil. I was having... Apr 9 2007, 06:36 PM elakdawalla Just for fun, an animation of five short-exposure ... Apr 9 2007, 09:35 PM belleraphon1 Dione simmering....
http://www.space.com/science... Apr 24 2007, 12:21 PM volcanopele The problem of course with imaging any venting fro... Apr 24 2007, 06:35 PM Rob Pinnegar QUOTE (volcanopele @ Apr 24 2007, 12:35 P... Apr 25 2007, 01:33 AM Phil Stooke Latest pics are up. Look at this one:
Irregula... Apr 25 2007, 12:44 PM alan QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Apr 25 2007, 07:44 A... Apr 25 2007, 05:59 PM MarcF They remind me Ali Baba and Aladin craters on Ence... Apr 25 2007, 01:29 PM ugordan A lower resolution view from a year ago or so show... Apr 25 2007, 02:06 PM Exploitcorporations Quick-and-dirty mosiac:
Best daylight view of ... Apr 25 2007, 02:27 PM ugordan Nice! What kind of sharpening do you use, it d... Apr 25 2007, 02:31 PM Exploitcorporations In this instance it was simply unsharp masking at ... Apr 25 2007, 02:35 PM Exploitcorporations I'm sure this has likely been brought up somew... Apr 25 2007, 02:46 PM Phil Stooke I brightened the terminator area to make near-term... Apr 25 2007, 09:12 PM Phil Stooke Exploitcorporations: " I'm sure this has... Apr 25 2007, 09:18 PM marsbug This just appeared on the ESA website. Jun 13 2007, 05:43 PM AlexBlackwell See the Editor's Summary ("In the shadow ... Jun 13 2007, 05:47 PM volcanopele I can understand Dione maybe ejecting particles to... Jun 13 2007, 05:58 PM belleraphon1 I expected some activity from Dione..... this moon... Jun 13 2007, 10:04 PM |
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