MESSENGER takes a family portrait of the solar system |
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MESSENGER takes a family portrait of the solar system |
 Feb 18 2011, 03:53 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
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Feb 18 2011, 04:38 PM
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 Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Moderator Posts: 4046 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
What happened to Mars?
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Feb 18 2011, 04:43 PM
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Extreme right edge.
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Feb 18 2011, 04:43 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Too small? Too near the Sun? Good question!
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Feb 18 2011, 05:39 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Moderator Posts: 4046 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
What is odd is that they make clear that Uranus and Neptune are in the frames but invisible, while the absence of Mars isn't even acknowledged (Mercury too).
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Feb 18 2011, 05:42 PM
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Mars is in it...
Full size version from that link from Stu http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/517613m...system_full.jpg Better link is probably Messengers own page http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/scienc...mp;image_id=399 |
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Feb 18 2011, 05:51 PM
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QUOTE (tedstryk @ Feb 18 2011, 12:39 PM)  ....the absence of Mars isn't even acknowledged (Mercury too). Poor Saturn. No one noticed that Saturn is not in the "mini" version 
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Feb 18 2011, 06:11 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Moderator Posts: 4046 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Ah, much better.
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Feb 18 2011, 06:13 PM
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What abut Pl....
never mind. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Feb 18 2011, 06:38 PM
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Very pretty!
It's like the reverse of Voyager 1's last look, except before the main mission begins instead of the end. They probably won't get another chance once in orbit, so best to do it now. -------------------- To a body of infinite size there can be ascribed neither centre nor boundary... Thus the Earth no more than any other world is at the centre. -Giordano Bruno, 1584.
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Feb 18 2011, 06:42 PM
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Also nice to see the Milky Way and dust lanes to the left of Mars.
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Feb 18 2011, 06:52 PM
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My god -- it's full of stars!
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Feb 18 2011, 06:52 PM
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 Bloggette par Excellence Group: Admin Posts: 3968 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Very cool!!!
I'm putting together a poster containing both family portraits. Here's a first draft without any caption yet (working on writing that now). Anybody have any comments or suggestions for improving it?
Attached thumbnail(s)
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Feb 18 2011, 06:55 PM
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Sweet idea, Emily! Looks good, but it's a bit of a problem to get all that data in one coherent instantly-obvious form...obviously!
 I'll look at it again.EDIT: To a casual not-familiar observer, it's hard to determine which set is from Messenger & which is from Voyager. Is there room to put the orbital sketches adjacent to their respective sets, perhaps at opposite corners diagonally? -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Feb 18 2011, 07:03 PM
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Heres the link to the actual full resolution version (non-annotated): http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/images/family_portrait_wac.png (warning:22mb)
Quite an awesome picture. |
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