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Dawn's first orbit, including RC3, March 6, 2015- June 15, 2015
Ron Hobbs
post Mar 6 2015, 03:23 PM
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Dawn is now officially in orbit around (1) Ceres!

Congratulations, NASA. Nice images of crescent Ceres.

NASA Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf Planet
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- Ron Hobbs   Dawn's first orbit, including RC3   Mar 6 2015, 03:23 PM
- - elakdawalla   I thought it was time for a new thread, now that D...   Mar 6 2015, 04:29 PM
|- - DrShank   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Mar 6 2015, 10:29 AM...   Mar 7 2015, 12:01 AM
- - Habukaz   What should nonetheless be correct is that a new m...   Mar 7 2015, 09:28 AM
|- - Sherbert   QUOTE (Habukaz @ Mar 7 2015, 09:28 AM) Wh...   Mar 8 2015, 12:36 AM
|- - TheAnt   QUOTE (Sherbert @ Mar 8 2015, 01:36 AM) A...   Mar 9 2015, 11:03 PM
- - ChrisC   From http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/march/nasa-......   Mar 8 2015, 04:29 AM
- - Gerald   Link to the recorded "Dawn Ceres Arrival...   Mar 8 2015, 02:27 PM
|- - ChrisC   QUOTE (Gerald @ Mar 8 2015, 09:27 AM) Lin...   Mar 8 2015, 08:49 PM
- - anticitizen2   Searched for it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.c...   Mar 9 2015, 03:58 PM
|- - ChrisC   QUOTE (anticitizen2 @ Mar 9 2015, 10:58 A...   Mar 10 2015, 02:32 AM
- - peter59   It must be an unusual sight. The narrow sickle of ...   Mar 11 2015, 01:53 PM
|- - Mr Valiant   QUOTE (peter59 @ Mar 11 2015, 01:53 PM) I...   Mar 11 2015, 03:48 PM
|- - Gladstoner   QUOTE (peter59 @ Mar 11 2015, 07:53 AM) I...   Mar 12 2015, 02:44 AM
|- - marsbug   QUOTE (peter59 @ Mar 11 2015, 01:53 PM) I...   Mar 12 2015, 08:02 AM
- - Malmer   I like these perspective jolting moments. My absol...   Mar 12 2015, 10:08 AM
- - Habukaz   Dawn is currently communicating with Earth. Here...   Apr 15 2015, 11:12 AM
- - JohnVV   for those interested this is the orbit for the Daw...   Apr 16 2015, 04:53 AM
- - belleraphon1   Dawn Glimpses Ceres' North Pole http://dawn.jp...   Apr 16 2015, 07:09 PM
- - elakdawalla   JPL has released an animation of the April 10 opna...   Apr 16 2015, 07:11 PM
- - JohnVV   it would NOT be visible YET in the April 10 images...   Apr 16 2015, 07:31 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (JohnVV @ Apr 16 2015, 12:31 PM) it...   Apr 16 2015, 07:37 PM
- - Habukaz   Pleasantly surprised to see that OpNav 6 was relea...   Apr 16 2015, 07:36 PM
- - JohnVV   in the northpole image you posted the two side by ...   Apr 16 2015, 08:12 PM
- - Gladstoner   I think this mound (or mounds) in the large crater...   Apr 16 2015, 09:18 PM
- - Gerald   With the following assumed globes for PIA19317.gif...   Apr 17 2015, 04:14 AM
- - JohnVV   aligning the animated gif with the textured mesh ...   Apr 17 2015, 05:56 AM
- - Toma B   Ceres rotating back and forth in latest images fro...   Apr 17 2015, 08:20 AM
|- - TheAnt   QUOTE (Toma B @ Apr 17 2015, 10:20 AM) I ...   Apr 17 2015, 10:44 AM
|- - mcgyver   QUOTE (Toma B @ Apr 17 2015, 08:20 AM) Ce...   Apr 17 2015, 05:26 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (mcgyver @ Apr 17 2015, 10:26 AM) I...   Apr 17 2015, 06:01 PM
- - ZLD   Im rather curious about these two spots that appea...   Apr 17 2015, 09:56 PM
- - JohnVV   ZLD - your map is upside down That is the two si...   Apr 17 2015, 10:04 PM
- - Gladstoner   JohnVV, thanks much for the simulations with the g...   Apr 17 2015, 10:39 PM
- - JohnVV   the grid is dynamically added in the 3d program i ...   Apr 17 2015, 10:51 PM
- - Habukaz   Is the dimmest bright spot resolved in the OpNav 7...   Apr 20 2015, 01:59 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Habukaz @ Apr 20 2015, 06:59 AM) I...   Apr 20 2015, 02:18 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Habukaz @ Apr 20 2015, 09:59 AM) I...   Apr 20 2015, 03:17 PM
- - Habukaz   I don't see how that implies that they are res...   Apr 20 2015, 03:15 PM
- - Habukaz   Just noting that it looks like it spans more than ...   Apr 20 2015, 03:24 PM
|- - TheAnt   QUOTE (Habukaz @ Apr 20 2015, 05:24 PM) L...   Apr 20 2015, 06:02 PM
|- - scalbers   QUOTE (TheAnt @ Apr 20 2015, 06:02 PM) Ye...   Apr 20 2015, 06:10 PM
|- - Webscientist   QUOTE (scalbers @ Apr 20 2015, 07:10 PM) ...   Apr 21 2015, 07:52 PM
- - JohnVV   from the tiny gif that is PIA19064 it is looking ...   Apr 20 2015, 04:40 PM
- - StarryKnight   The surface between the craters looks very smooth....   Apr 20 2015, 04:50 PM
- - JohnVV   do to the fact that Ceres is very high in ices the...   Apr 20 2015, 05:15 PM
- - Toma B   Back and forth animation made using grabbed frames...   Apr 20 2015, 06:06 PM
- - ZLD   Performed some slight enhancements on frame 10 of ...   Apr 20 2015, 09:27 PM
- - Gladstoner   The bright spot seems to be less prominent when on...   Apr 20 2015, 10:55 PM
|- - alk3997   QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Apr 20 2015, 04:55 PM...   Apr 21 2015, 03:32 PM
- - dudley   Dr. Chris Russell, principal investigator of the D...   Apr 21 2015, 02:00 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (dudley @ Apr 21 2015, 03:00 AM) Dr...   Apr 21 2015, 03:37 PM
|- - dudley   QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 21 2015, 03:37 PM) It ...   Apr 21 2015, 06:25 PM
|- - Gladstoner   QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 21 2015, 09:37 AM) The...   Apr 21 2015, 08:07 PM
- - Explorer1   The fact that these things were visible from Earth...   Apr 21 2015, 03:48 AM
|- - dudley   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Apr 21 2015, 04:48 AM)...   Apr 21 2015, 02:11 PM
- - Gerald   Assuming the globes here a forward/back animation...   Apr 21 2015, 11:14 AM
- - Gerald   Albedos greater than 1.0 are very rare in nature. ...   Apr 21 2015, 03:25 PM
- - Gerald   I'd assign the apparent split of the fainter s...   Apr 21 2015, 03:48 PM
- - fredk   But the upper double spot only brightens as you go...   Apr 21 2015, 04:55 PM
|- - Gerald   QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 21 2015, 05:55 PM) ......   Apr 21 2015, 10:50 PM
- - JohnVV   QUOTE The bright spot seems to be less prominent w...   Apr 21 2015, 06:34 PM
- - dvandorn   In the previous image, and also in the animations ...   Apr 21 2015, 07:00 PM
- - elakdawalla   Here's a slightly different take on this seque...   Apr 21 2015, 09:10 PM
- - Ken2   A heavily zoomed and exposure enhanced version of ...   Apr 21 2015, 09:20 PM
- - ZLD   Is there any speculation on what would be able to ...   Apr 21 2015, 10:16 PM
- - JohnVV   well as of the 19th the Dawn spacecraft would have...   Apr 21 2015, 10:24 PM
- - Gladstoner   Is anyone else having issues with the released ani...   Apr 21 2015, 11:05 PM
- - Gerald   Yes, with (outdated) Windows XP / Chrome, at least...   Apr 21 2015, 11:15 PM
|- - PaulH51   QUOTE (Gerald @ Apr 22 2015, 07:15 AM) Ye...   Apr 22 2015, 01:43 AM
- - JohnVV   it is a setting ON!!! the dawn web sit...   Apr 22 2015, 02:26 AM
- - nprev   Yeah, must be. I had to clear my cache to get it t...   Apr 22 2015, 03:06 AM
- - fredk   Works fine (even on ancient xp) if you download th...   Apr 22 2015, 03:48 AM
- - elakdawalla   I edited it to loop forever (click to enlarge):   Apr 22 2015, 04:14 AM
- - Mr Valiant   Emily, great input. Like everyone here, hanging ou...   Apr 22 2015, 12:41 PM
- - dudley   It's said that when Dawn's mission is fini...   Apr 26 2015, 11:27 PM
- - nprev   ...aaaand, Dudley's banned.   Apr 27 2015, 01:17 AM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (nprev @ Apr 27 2015, 02:17 AM) ......   Apr 27 2015, 12:45 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (Mongo @ Apr 27 2015, 01:45 PM) Tha...   Apr 27 2015, 02:06 PM
- - dudley   It's just that I feel it's important to ge...   Apr 27 2015, 02:59 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Looks like the Dawn website just underwent a major...   Apr 29 2015, 02:28 PM
|- - StarryKnight   Yes. It looks like they've changed the user in...   Apr 29 2015, 03:43 PM
- - JohnVV   all this "portrait" formatting on LANDSC...   Apr 29 2015, 05:29 PM
- - Phil Stooke   I really don't like this new trend. It's ...   Apr 29 2015, 05:52 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Apr 29 2015, 09:52 A...   Apr 29 2015, 06:35 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 29 2015, 01:35 PM)...   Apr 29 2015, 09:39 PM
- - MichaelJWP   A shame we're reduced to discussing website de...   Apr 29 2015, 06:26 PM
- - JohnVV   with this getting off topic i think most of us H...   Apr 29 2015, 06:59 PM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (JohnVV @ Apr 29 2015, 06:59 PM) .....   Apr 30 2015, 12:40 AM
- - Habukaz   New RC3 image is out at the photojournal: http://p...   Apr 29 2015, 07:31 PM
- - Habukaz   Following up on that image, is the relatively crat...   Apr 29 2015, 08:46 PM
- - dvandorn   It looks more like a massive ejecta sheet to me, a...   Apr 29 2015, 08:56 PM
- - Gladstoner   Since we're on the subject of website design t...   Apr 29 2015, 09:32 PM
- - volcanopele   Reminds me a lot of the terracing on relatively fr...   Apr 30 2015, 01:25 AM
- - elakdawalla   It really does look strikingly lunar.   Apr 30 2015, 03:42 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I can't say that area above the crater looks l...   Apr 30 2015, 08:05 AM
- - pitcapuozzo   Another view of the southern hemisphere! http:...   Apr 30 2015, 05:42 PM
- - Gladstoner   Compared with the north polar area, there seems to...   Apr 30 2015, 08:00 PM
- - fredk   More puzzling image release quirks: PIA19319 is re...   Apr 30 2015, 10:32 PM
- - djellison   QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 30 2015, 03:32 PM) Mor...   Apr 30 2015, 11:05 PM
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