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These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, are Europe’s highest-resolution pictures so far of the Martian moon Phobos. http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEM21TVJD1E_0.html |
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Sunspot Phobos Nov 11 2004, 11:46 PM
elakdawalla Why is the Martian surface so dark in those transi... Nov 6 2009, 04:57 PM
Phil Stooke The shading suggests that's not right.. not ne... Nov 6 2009, 05:06 PM
ugordan Couldn't the skylight provide some illuminatio... Nov 6 2009, 05:39 PM
elakdawalla The craters in the background sure look weird... Nov 12 2009, 09:49 PM
djellison I wonder if it's a bit like the way Mars stops... Nov 12 2009, 09:59 PM
Phil Stooke Retrograde craters - I think you've got it, Do... Nov 12 2009, 10:29 PM
ormstont That's a really stunning image! Which orbi... Nov 24 2009, 12:10 PM
Stu "Phobos & Deimos visible in same image fo... Dec 11 2009, 11:18 AM
ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Stu @ Dec 11 2009, 03:18 AM) ... Dec 11 2009, 12:20 PM
ustrax QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Dec 11 2009, 12:20 P... Dec 11 2009, 12:37 PM
elakdawalla QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Dec 11 2009, 04:20 A... Dec 11 2009, 06:36 PM
tedstryk The image caption says "for the first time, p... Dec 11 2009, 07:36 PM
PhilCo126 Remarkable footage to say the least although I exp... Dec 11 2009, 11:45 AM
djellison Images every 0.1s - slowed significantly in that a... Dec 11 2009, 11:52 AM
ngunn If someone fancies putting two copies of the anima... Dec 11 2009, 12:49 PM
cndwrld Here is the ESA page on the images: http://www.esa... Dec 11 2009, 04:03 PM
ngunn Well I can confirm that consecutive frames from th... Dec 11 2009, 11:07 PM
charborob Mars Express is scheduled to make the closest Phob... Feb 1 2010, 02:45 PM
peter59 QUOTE (charborob @ Feb 1 2010, 03:45 PM) ... Mar 3 2010, 09:19 PM
Explorer1 Hey, it's not that bad. Remember Deep Impact, ... Mar 3 2010, 09:52 PM
ugordan QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Mar 3 2010, 10:52 PM) ... Mar 3 2010, 10:02 PM
JohnVV QUOTE Well I can confirm that consecutive frames f... Feb 2 2010, 01:22 AM
Phil Stooke My earlier work on Deimos was the construction of ... Feb 2 2010, 01:32 AM
JohnVV i thought it was from the Viking images
mine is ... Feb 2 2010, 06:52 AM
climber From AW&ST next issue: "Mars EXpress has ... Feb 22 2010, 08:46 PM
dmuller Nice one ...
QUOTE (climber @ Feb 23 2010, 07... Feb 25 2010, 11:08 PM
charborob The latest post on the Mars Express blog has this ... Feb 25 2010, 02:23 PM
JohnVV i just answered a question on this over at shatter... Feb 25 2010, 09:42 PM
CAP-Team Why not risk the camera, at that time no follup-mi... Mar 3 2010, 10:29 PM
djellison It wasn't that taking photographs was prohibit... Mar 3 2010, 10:37 PM
Explorer1 QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 3 2010, 02:37 PM) ... Mar 4 2010, 02:09 AM
dmuller The actual closest flyby altitude was ultimately 6... Mar 4 2010, 06:22 AM
Lightning Some early pictures are released
This image was... Mar 4 2010, 09:12 PM
djellison QUOTE (Lightning @ Mar 4 2010, 09:12 PM) ... Mar 4 2010, 11:19 PM
stevesliva The grooves are beginning to look more like crater... Mar 4 2010, 10:17 PM
JohnVV QUOTE The grooves are beginning to look more like ... Mar 4 2010, 11:33 PM
stevesliva QUOTE (JohnVV @ Mar 4 2010, 06:33 PM) i s... Mar 5 2010, 12:08 AM
Hungry4info They couldn't take images in this sequence bec... Mar 4 2010, 11:56 PM
tasp It's late, so take this thought experiment as ... Mar 5 2010, 04:26 AM
JohnVV QUOTE It's okay-- I know the old debate
well i... Mar 5 2010, 05:38 AM
Lightning QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 5 2010, 12:19 AM) ... Mar 5 2010, 11:38 AM
peter59 Date Altitude (km) * Instruments ... Mar 5 2010, 01:02 PM
Hungry4info John W,
I would expect the deposition of ring mate... Mar 5 2010, 04:09 PM
Bart QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Mar 5 2010, 08:09 AM... Mar 5 2010, 06:38 PM
Antdoghalo QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Mar 5 2010, 11:09 AM... Mar 6 2010, 10:11 PM
peter59 New massive batch (2010-02-17) - orbits 6402-7094
... Mar 5 2010, 06:04 PM
Hungry4info Too much noise for my limited skills to bring out ... Mar 5 2010, 06:13 PM
Hungry4info How would that explain the closeness of the crater... Mar 5 2010, 06:54 PM
JohnVV Hungry4info
a late night thought
but i do think... Mar 5 2010, 09:33 PM
peter59 Absolutly stunning images from orbit 6906 (21.05.2... Mar 6 2010, 01:34 PM
Phil Stooke "I thought there was a theory that the sets o... Mar 6 2010, 01:44 PM
peter59 Another stunning images from orbit 6916 (23.05.200... Mar 6 2010, 02:41 PM
peter59 ..... and from orbit 6926 (26.05.2009)
5184 x 272... Mar 6 2010, 02:43 PM
Hungry4info Wow, ESA just won a little more of my heart. Mar 6 2010, 04:35 PM
djellison QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Mar 6 2010, 04:35 PM... Mar 6 2010, 10:51 PM
peter59 QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 6 2010, 11:51 PM) ... Mar 7 2010, 06:17 AM
Hungry4info Even so, they are new to me.
Could the tidal fr... Mar 6 2010, 11:04 PM
CAP-Team Looks like some large boulders rolled or bounced o... Mar 7 2010, 08:20 AM
bk_2 Hi, I've been lurking here a while but at las... Mar 9 2010, 01:48 AM
Shaka QUOTE (bk_2 @ Mar 8 2010, 03:48 PM) Does ... Mar 9 2010, 06:08 AM
Explorer1 Would there even be any evidence on the Martian su... Mar 9 2010, 03:51 AM
JohnVV i just tossed out the idea as a late night idea . ... Mar 9 2010, 06:30 AM
Phil Stooke I'm pleased to see new discussions of the form... Mar 9 2010, 03:05 PM
Phil Stooke I am just starting a new photomosaic map of Phobos... Mar 9 2010, 07:15 PM
JohnVV hi phil i found that the new isis shape model of P... Mar 9 2010, 09:01 PM
bk_2 I would like to elaborate a little on my "rin... Mar 10 2010, 08:56 AM
Phil Stooke I don't think the reorientation idea would sta... Mar 10 2010, 01:58 PM
Shaka No telling what we might find in a new high-resolu... Mar 10 2010, 09:36 PM
bk_2 Phil, I don't think I see any examples of topo... Mar 11 2010, 10:12 AM
Hungry4info JohnVV has provided us with this spectacular model... Mar 11 2010, 01:01 PM
imipak Extremely interesting idea, bk_2! Even I can ... Mar 11 2010, 08:49 PM
JohnVV Hungry4info but that cmod of phobos ( i have other... Mar 11 2010, 09:16 PM
bk_2 @imipak
I told that to my five-year-old grandaugh... Mar 12 2010, 08:38 AM
Phil Stooke I hear hints that the Phobos images will be releas... Mar 13 2010, 02:07 PM
elakdawalla All right, then we're going to have to divide ... Mar 13 2010, 09:51 PM
volcanopele I'll be at a meeting but it might give me a ch... Mar 13 2010, 11:49 PM
JohnVV seeing as i already have a working folder for phob... Mar 14 2010, 12:01 AM
Phil Stooke http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMK17CKP... Mar 15 2010, 11:06 AM
CAP-Team With the latest spice kernels for Mars Express I j... Mar 15 2010, 09:56 PM
bk_2 The ESA page says "Its origin is debated. It ... Mar 16 2010, 09:40 AM
alan The lumpy appearance of the lineations on Phobos r... Mar 18 2010, 05:08 AM
Adonis Phobos grooves origin was an old thinking issue fo... Mar 18 2010, 10:52 PM
charborob The Mars Express blog has a post about the grooves... Mar 20 2010, 02:49 PM
Ian R Here's a cross-eyed stereo version of the red-... Apr 1 2010, 04:27 PM
charborob Looking at the images cross-eyed produces inverted... Apr 1 2010, 05:31 PM
Ian R Thanks for the heads-up charbobob! I've ad... Apr 1 2010, 05:52 PM
peter59 ESA's Planetary Science Archive (PSA) - Mars E... Jun 15 2010, 07:04 PM
Astro0 A quick amination of that sequence.
EDIT: A seco... Jun 15 2010, 11:31 PM
peter59 Phobos thirty-eight years later. I'm not sure ... Nov 20 2010, 08:21 PM
brellis Q: Phobos is tidally locked; as Mars' North po... Nov 20 2010, 08:30 PM
Hungry4info A: No.
Tidal lock has driven the rotation axis to... Nov 20 2010, 09:01 PM
Phil Stooke The rotation axis of Mars precesses and varies in ... Nov 20 2010, 09:20 PM
peter59 Orbits 7701-8312 released. (ftp://psa.esac.esa.int... Nov 25 2010, 09:26 PM
peter59 The most beautiful image sequence of passage of Ph... Nov 25 2010, 09:28 PM
nprev Bra-VO, ESA!!! Absolutely gorgeous... Nov 25 2010, 09:30 PM
Phil Stooke Very spectacular!
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