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I think it's time we start a new thread
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Paolo Dawn Survey Orbit Phase Jul 17 2011, 09:09 AM
dilo Good idea, Paolo!
Dawn's ion engine have b... Jul 17 2011, 02:13 PM
pablogm1024 Would it be worth renaming the topic to Survey Orb... Jul 17 2011, 02:28 PM
Bjorn Jonsson QUOTE (pablogm1024 @ Jul 17 2011, 02:28 P... Jul 17 2011, 03:18 PM
dilo This is an answer to Greg question (from the old t... Jul 17 2011, 06:53 PM
dilo With engines on, Dawn still decelerating, even tho... Jul 18 2011, 05:13 PM
elakdawalla OK this is making me absolutely crazy. Another im... Jul 18 2011, 07:21 PM
Stefan QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 18 2011, 09:21 P... Jul 19 2011, 01:22 PM
elakdawalla QUOTE (Stefan @ Jul 19 2011, 05:22 AM) Th... Jul 19 2011, 04:51 PM
Stefan QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 19 2011, 06:51 P... Jul 19 2011, 07:14 PM
Stu Hands up, I don't understand all the tech stuf... Jul 18 2011, 07:37 PM
Phil Stooke Another version of this beautiful new picture.
Ph... Jul 18 2011, 07:47 PM
bagelverse Wow, stunning image.
While the south polar peak ... Jul 18 2011, 08:26 PM
Juramike Straight to Planetary Photojournal:
http://photojo... Jul 18 2011, 08:31 PM
Stu Thanks for posting those links. Used the tiff file... Jul 18 2011, 09:03 PM
Juramike That's really nice, Stu! Jul 18 2011, 09:49 PM
volcanopele I think I shrunk the original image to something a... Jul 18 2011, 10:09 PM
punkboi Congrats to the Dawn team for a successful orbit i... Jul 18 2011, 10:14 PM
Stefan QUOTE (punkboi @ Jul 19 2011, 12:14 AM) C... Jul 19 2011, 01:36 PM
belleraphon1 Thanks DAWN team for releasing these.
A lot to lo... Jul 18 2011, 10:36 PM
Drkskywxlt Is that picture facing the south pole?
For some... Jul 18 2011, 10:59 PM
ugordan A faux-color version based on color derived from H... Jul 18 2011, 11:09 PM

kap QUOTE (ugordan @ Jul 18 2011, 03:09 PM) A... Jul 18 2011, 11:54 PM

Juramike QUOTE (kap @ Jul 18 2011, 06:54 PM) What ... Jul 19 2011, 12:03 AM
centsworth_II QUOTE (Drkskywxlt @ Jul 18 2011, 05:59 PM... Jul 19 2011, 11:35 AM
Drkskywxlt QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jul 19 2011, 07:35... Jul 19 2011, 12:37 PM
centsworth_II QUOTE (Drkskywxlt @ Jul 19 2011, 07:37 AM... Jul 19 2011, 01:31 PM
belleraphon1 Drkskywxlt:
Call it exhuberance.
Mirandian was ... Jul 18 2011, 11:19 PM
MarkG Boys and girls, it's "Rampant Speculation... Jul 19 2011, 12:07 AM
belleraphon1 "But is it not wild that we can even make sub... Jul 19 2011, 12:25 AM
MarkG There is a big difference between Miranda and Vest... Jul 19 2011, 01:35 AM
Steve G Sometimes it's easier just to rotate and crop,... Jul 19 2011, 01:36 AM
nprev I think we'll definitely need a true global vi... Jul 19 2011, 01:36 AM
Explorer1 How far will coverage of the northern hemisphere g... Jul 19 2011, 01:44 AM
belleraphon1 Shaken or stirred?
That is the question. Jul 19 2011, 02:06 AM
Gladstoner On second thought (or third), it looks like materi... Jul 19 2011, 03:13 AM
MarkG Replies...
My understanding is that the North pole... Jul 19 2011, 04:02 AM
Gladstoner QUOTE (MarkG @ Jul 18 2011, 11:02 PM) Als... Jul 19 2011, 04:36 AM
tasp Love the "asteroid size comparison poster... Jul 19 2011, 04:12 AM
antipode I can't wait to see...errrr...the antipode of ... Jul 19 2011, 04:34 AM
Gladstoner A little bit of Vesta on Mars?:
And on Earth?:
... Jul 19 2011, 10:15 AM
centsworth_II I was intrigued by the quick look Cassini got at t... Jul 19 2011, 11:17 AM
Steve G The south polar crater is, by appearances, a flat ... Jul 19 2011, 02:08 PM
algorimancer Was arrival facing the south polar crater planned,... Jul 19 2011, 02:37 PM
Juramike Coordinated views of the normal and contrast-enhan... Jul 19 2011, 03:03 PM
Phil Stooke Nice one, Mike.
The orange spot in the false co... Jul 19 2011, 03:11 PM
MarkG QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 19 2011, 08:11 A... Jul 19 2011, 04:52 PM
Phil Stooke Here's a composite to illustrate that.
Phil
Jul 19 2011, 04:33 PM
elakdawalla You did the enlargement? It's great to actual... Jul 19 2011, 09:18 PM
Stefan QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 19 2011, 11:18 P... Jul 20 2011, 03:20 PM
djellison QUOTE (Stefan @ Jul 20 2011, 07:20 AM) Ag... Jul 20 2011, 03:29 PM

ugordan To be fair, that practice of magnifying otherwise ... Jul 20 2011, 03:49 PM
tfisher QUOTE (Stefan @ Jul 20 2011, 11:20 AM) Th... Jul 21 2011, 04:05 PM
elakdawalla QUOTE (tfisher @ Jul 21 2011, 08:05 AM) I... Jul 21 2011, 05:56 PM
Stefan QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 21 2011, 07:56 P... Jul 21 2011, 07:54 PM
Juramike Here's a mashup of the image on the DLR websit... Jul 19 2011, 11:39 PM
dilo An update on Dawn trajectory:
in spite of engine ... Jul 20 2011, 07:26 AM
Greg Hullender Another interesting stat might be energy/kilogram.... Jul 20 2011, 02:13 PM
dilo QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jul 20 2011, 02:1... Jul 22 2011, 07:16 AM
machi Enlarging images is standard procedure. NASA use t... Jul 20 2011, 06:09 PM
machi South pole of Vesta in stereo. Cross eye and anagl... Jul 20 2011, 09:41 PM
Decepticon machi Thank you for the 3D!
My kids appreciat... Jul 20 2011, 09:48 PM
Phil Stooke Fantastic! Thanks.
Phil Jul 20 2011, 10:11 PM
ElkGroveDan QUOTE (machi @ Jul 20 2011, 01:41 PM) Sou... Jul 20 2011, 10:56 PM
machi Thank you all!
I prepared one more cross-eye/... Jul 21 2011, 12:04 AM
peter59 Today is Thursday, maybe we'll see images acqu... Jul 21 2011, 09:07 AM
belleraphon1 Awesome!
Thanks machi Jul 21 2011, 11:17 AM
Phil Stooke Recent images would be of a narrow crescent, but i... Jul 21 2011, 02:17 PM
kap QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 21 2011, 06:17 A... Jul 21 2011, 05:35 PM
Juramike With such a lumpy surface, the high-phase images s... Jul 21 2011, 02:25 PM
Phil Stooke Hopefully this will be out of date very soon, but ... Jul 21 2011, 04:46 PM
Phil Stooke Only the north polar area itself will be hidden - ... Jul 21 2011, 05:44 PM
elakdawalla Regarding the enlargement, I like neither the blur... Jul 21 2011, 06:04 PM
Stu QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 21 2011, 06:56 P... Jul 21 2011, 09:00 PM
elakdawalla I apologize for being such a pest. I think I don... Jul 21 2011, 09:06 PM
tfisher another thing to question is the size of the error... Jul 21 2011, 09:45 PM
elakdawalla What surprised me about that paper was that their ... Jul 21 2011, 09:52 PM
tfisher QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 21 2011, 04:52 P... Jul 21 2011, 10:21 PM
Juramike New image! http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/... Jul 21 2011, 10:12 PM
elakdawalla OK, now it looks like Hyperion. Vesta's an as... Jul 21 2011, 10:17 PM
ugordan So *that's* what it was reminding me of! Jul 21 2011, 10:18 PM
Mongo Has anybody looked at the effects of geometric per... Jul 21 2011, 10:23 PM
Greg Hullender QUOTE (Mongo @ Jul 21 2011, 03:23 PM) Daw... Jul 22 2011, 01:49 AM
jsheff I have a question about Vesta's reference grid... Jul 21 2011, 10:53 PM
elakdawalla The answer to that question is in the paper that t... Jul 21 2011, 11:37 PM
jsheff QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 21 2011, 07:37 P... Jul 22 2011, 12:43 AM
Mariner9 I think we have a new image just posted at JPL web... Jul 22 2011, 03:44 AM
djellison QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Jul 21 2011, 07:44 PM) ... Jul 22 2011, 04:11 AM
Phil Stooke I have been playing with a very rough map of Vesta... Jul 22 2011, 02:09 PM
Phil Stooke Dawn's looping round the north side now, so th... Jul 22 2011, 07:53 PM
elakdawalla Funny, and well spotted! I've attached th... Jul 22 2011, 08:04 PM
Phil Stooke Here's a crater - middle of this view - with d... Jul 23 2011, 12:28 PM
Juramike QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 23 2011, 07:28 A... Jul 24 2011, 02:50 AM
ElkGroveDan It looks like maybe a fresh impact inside an older... Jul 23 2011, 02:31 PM
Phil Stooke I'd say excavation of dark subsurface material... Jul 23 2011, 02:34 PM
peter59 I'm curious if MYSTIC simulator use real data ... Jul 23 2011, 10:13 PM
Gsnorgathon As Phil pointed out yesterday, that's Tethys. Jul 23 2011, 11:09 PM
elakdawalla If our images of Vesta were already that good, we... Jul 24 2011, 02:38 AM
Juramike BTW, here's the blink animation between the or... Jul 24 2011, 02:56 AM![]() ![]() |
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