Huygens News Thread, News as and when we find it |
Huygens News Thread, News as and when we find it |
Mar 15 2009, 02:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Here are DISR images of the RADAR-dark/ISS-bright terrain closest to the Huygens Landing site.
(The Huygens probe landed pretty close to this feature - about 8 km away) -Mike -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Mar 15 2009, 04:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Here's the a better image of the Pseudocolor Matrix image of the Huygens Channel.
{Pseudocolorized (red-->white)[invert(T8+T41 SAR RADAR)]}+{Pseudocolorized (blue-->white)[ISS+DISR]} A full resolution TIFF (256 m/pixel resolution) is available here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/3357028020/ -Mike -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Mar 19 2009, 04:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Here is a predicted VIMS model of the Huygens Channel region on Titan:
To make this model, I let the pseudocolor gradient be driven mostly by the ISS[0.93 um] spectral response and it's correlation with VIMS terrain type. Then I applied a gentle pseudocolor gradient using the inverted [T8+T41] SAR RADAR of the same region. This allows the RADAR dark/ISS-bright regions to become brighter, and the strongly RADAR bright mountain regions to become slightly VIMS darker. Here is a blink animation that compares this to the VIMS data presented in Jaumann et al. LPSC 40 (2009) Abstract 1599.: (click to animate) -Mike -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Jan 11 2010, 10:17 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Huygens conference:
http://www.saturndaily.com/reports/Huygens...anding_999.html |
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Jan 11 2010, 10:45 AM
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Pardon my ignorance, but can we expect anything new from this conference? I'm was under the impression that we've about squeezed all we can out of Huygens data.
-------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Jan 11 2010, 01:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Well, here's a phrase copied from the link above:
results from studies of this moon using remote sensing from instruments on the Cassini Orbiter combined with Huygens data In particular the VIMS closeup of the landing site could come into play here. (That's what I'm hoping, anyhow - knowing nothing but ever optimistic. ) |
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Jan 11 2010, 01:43 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Cassini's obtained a LOT more contextual data since the landing, so this conference sounds like an attempt to get all the major workers together to generate an integrated interpretation of the results. Additionally, it looks like there will be some post-facto engineering review activity, which is always important for planning the next generation of probes.
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Jan 11 2010, 03:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Following the links a bit further:
http://www.titanexploration.net/scientific-programme.php (And yes there is a presentation on VIMS/DISR comparison. ) |
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Jan 11 2010, 03:26 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Also, remember that although the Cassini team meets regularly, the Huygens team isn't necessarily part of those meetings (unless of course you're talking of individual scientists who had roles on both missions). This would be an opportunity for Cassini people to present the latest stuff to Huygens people and for them to discuss how recent Cassini results fit into the context of the Huygens work.
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Jan 11 2010, 03:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
A lot of neat presentations listed Good time to review.
Craig |
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Jan 12 2010, 01:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1413 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
When can we expect to know the information presented at this meeting?
-------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Jan 12 2010, 10:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
A good question. There seem to be no abstracts posted, but there may be news releases over the next few days. Even better, perhaps we have members attending who will be willing to share highlights of the event.
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Jan 13 2010, 12:35 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 909 Joined: 4-September 06 From: Boston Member No.: 1102 |
Why are a few of the threads marked "Pinned" and what does it mean or imply?????
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Jan 13 2010, 12:54 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 29-January 09 Member No.: 4589 |
Re - pinned threads. I'm guessing they're 'sticky' threads Floyd - i.e. important topics/discussions that always appear at the top of the forum, regardless of the last modification date.
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Jan 14 2010, 02:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
5 years ago today Huygens landed on Titan!
A brief general summary of past knowledge and images posted on the ESA webpage: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMDU4MJ74G_index_0.html -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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