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Dawn's first orbit, including RC3, March 6, 2015- June 15, 2015

Ron Hobbs View Member Profile	Mar 6 2015, 03:23 PM Post #301
Member Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 14-April 06 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 745	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

Gladstoner Regarding this rayed crater: It seems to have e... May 25 2015, 09:56 PM

jgoldader QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 25 2015, 04:56 PM... May 26 2015, 12:56 AM

Gerald QUOTE (jgoldader @ May 26 2015, 02:56 AM)... May 26 2015, 08:09 AM

jgoldader QUOTE (Gerald @ May 26 2015, 03:09 AM) Pr... May 26 2015, 10:06 AM

Bill Harris Given our Lunar upbringing, yes, anorthosite was t... May 26 2015, 02:23 AM

Gladstoner An attempt at a geologic map: Legend: White/ma... May 26 2015, 04:13 AM

Gerald "So why's this stuff white, if it's s... May 26 2015, 03:24 PM

alan A couple of domes, much easier to see in ZLD's... May 26 2015, 08:48 PM

MarsInMyLifetime QUOTE (alan @ May 26 2015, 03:48 PM) A co... May 27 2015, 08:19 PM

Steve G A nice valley leading towards that mountain. ... May 28 2015, 12:01 AM

Beauford Has enough imaging been completed to make reasonab... May 28 2015, 03:31 AM

Ian R I call this 'Catenae Galore': http://sola... May 28 2015, 03:26 PM

Gladstoner I call it 'Rock-Paper-Scissors' (smash....... May 28 2015, 04:37 PM

alk3997 QUOTE (Ian R @ May 28 2015, 10:26 AM) htt... May 28 2015, 10:35 PM

stevesliva Those aren't just shadows on the image-lower s... May 28 2015, 07:04 PM

Gladstoner FYI, the quality of the latest image released here... May 28 2015, 08:55 PM

ngunn I remember posting in a Mercury dicussion that coo... May 28 2015, 09:40 PM

stevesliva QUOTE (ngunn @ May 28 2015, 04:40 PM) I r... May 28 2015, 10:15 PM

Gladstoner This feature resembles a filled crater: It coul... May 28 2015, 10:43 PM

alk3997 QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 28 2015, 04:43 PM... May 28 2015, 11:38 PM

Gerald QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 29 2015, 12:43 AM... May 29 2015, 01:30 AM

Gladstoner QUOTE (Gerald @ May 28 2015, 07:30 PM) Wi... May 29 2015, 01:45 AM

John Broughton The crust of Ceres seems to have a lot of fissures... May 29 2015, 02:10 AM

Gladstoner QUOTE (John Broughton @ May 28 2015, 09:1... May 29 2015, 02:30 AM

ZLD QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 28 2015, 04:43 PM... May 29 2015, 02:33 AM

fredk A stretch of the latest image shows well the albed... May 29 2015, 04:18 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (fredk @ May 29 2015, 08:18 AM) A s... May 30 2015, 04:20 PM

Habukaz I like how the low-resolution rendition (thumbnail... May 29 2015, 04:26 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE (Habukaz @ May 29 2015, 11:26 AM) A... May 29 2015, 05:36 PM

scalbers QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 29 2015, 05:36 PM... May 31 2015, 02:35 PM

belleraphon1 Cannot take my eyes off latest DAWN image release ... May 30 2015, 12:01 AM

Gladstoner Today's release vs. January: May 30 2015, 03:36 AM

ngunn I can undertand recently exposed ice on Ceres bein... May 30 2015, 08:42 PM

alk3997 QUOTE (ngunn @ May 30 2015, 02:42 PM) ...... May 30 2015, 09:06 PM

DFortes QUOTE (alk3997 @ May 30 2015, 10:06 PM) D... May 31 2015, 01:21 PM

alk3997 QUOTE (DFortes @ May 31 2015, 07:21 AM) N... May 31 2015, 09:02 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE (ngunn @ May 30 2015, 03:42 PM) The... May 31 2015, 12:34 AM

alk3997 As we've been pondering bright spots, I've... May 30 2015, 09:10 PM

Hungry4info It's simply grote in the camera. You see it in... May 30 2015, 09:25 PM

ZLD QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 30 2015, 06:34 PM... May 31 2015, 03:00 AM

Gerald Yet another stretch of pia19562.tif, cropped and m... May 31 2015, 01:18 PM

fredk QUOTE (DFortes @ May 31 2015, 02:21 PM) N... May 31 2015, 02:35 PM

DFortes QUOTE (fredk @ May 31 2015, 03:35 PM) Tha... May 31 2015, 05:09 PM

Phil Stooke "The plume particles would share the same ang... Jun 1 2015, 02:41 AM

DFortes QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 1 2015, 03:41 AM... Jun 1 2015, 09:04 AM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 31 2015, 06:41 P... Jun 1 2015, 05:43 PM

Gladstoner They are beginning to showcase the southern hemisp... Jun 1 2015, 05:37 PM

Phil Stooke Here's a contrast stretch of the new image, to... Jun 1 2015, 06:46 PM

Gladstoner After looking today at images of the big basins on... Jun 1 2015, 07:09 PM

ngunn I agree this scenario gives a good account of what... Jun 1 2015, 07:30 PM

Gladstoner New image (edit: TIF file flipped and converted to... Jun 2 2015, 04:38 PM

alk3997 QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Jun 2 2015, 11:38 AM)... Jun 2 2015, 07:25 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE (alk3997 @ Jun 2 2015, 01:25 PM) Wh... Jun 2 2015, 07:28 PM

alk3997 QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Jun 2 2015, 02:28 PM)... Jun 2 2015, 07:39 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE (alk3997 @ Jun 2 2015, 01:39 PM) So... Jun 2 2015, 07:44 PM

alk3997 QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Jun 2 2015, 02:44 PM)... Jun 2 2015, 07:48 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE (alk3997 @ Jun 2 2015, 01:48 PM) It... Jun 2 2015, 08:08 PM

scalbers This image contains the south pole. I agree that i... Jun 2 2015, 07:29 PM

Gladstoner What I find most fascinating are the valleys that ... Jun 2 2015, 07:41 PM

scalbers Fun to try and keep catching up with the new image... Jun 2 2015, 08:24 PM

Gladstoner The big mountain (red arrow) seems to mingle with ... Jun 3 2015, 07:36 AM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy Good morning, I'm Daniele Bianchino, from Ital... Jun 3 2015, 01:09 PM

vikingmars QUOTE (Daniele_bianchino_Italy @ Jun 3 2015, ... Jun 3 2015, 05:39 PM

ZLD QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Jun 3 2015, 02:36 AM)... Jun 3 2015, 02:17 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE (ZLD @ Jun 3 2015, 09:17 AM) There ... Jun 3 2015, 09:56 PM

dudley Supposing that the bright spots on Ceres are cause... Jun 3 2015, 02:39 PM

Habukaz ^ They could be caused by a small(er) object that ... Jun 3 2015, 02:48 PM

hendric Maybe spot 5 is a recent impactor, which happened ... Jun 3 2015, 03:14 PM

Gladstoner New image: (TIF file flipped and converted to J... Jun 3 2015, 05:58 PM

wildespace Another forum user pointed out in this thread that... Jun 3 2015, 08:26 PM

ngunn The third in line of the big southern impact featu... Jun 3 2015, 09:00 PM

dvandorn Thanks for the new image post, Gladstoner. It sho... Jun 3 2015, 09:11 PM

Gladstoner I'd have to say Ceres is becoming one of my fa... Jun 3 2015, 10:03 PM

dudley A problem with impact exposure of ice and/or light... Jun 4 2015, 04:38 PM

alk3997 QUOTE (dudley @ Jun 4 2015, 10:38 AM) A p... Jun 4 2015, 05:28 PM

Gladstoner Today's image. TIF flipped and JPG'd: Jun 4 2015, 05:33 PM

ZLD QUOTE (alk3997 @ Jun 4 2015, 11:28 AM) I ... Jun 4 2015, 05:47 PM

Gerald I don't see the three items as a problem. Imag... Jun 4 2015, 05:54 PM

Gladstoner Trying to visualize some possible processes that c... Jun 4 2015, 06:23 PM

Habukaz So Dawn arrived at its 'survey orbit' yest... Jun 4 2015, 07:21 PM

ZLD My primary problem with the irradiated salt hypoth... Jun 4 2015, 07:31 PM

ngunn QUOTE (ZLD @ Jun 4 2015, 08:31 PM) The vo... Jun 4 2015, 07:57 PM

Gladstoner The latest image is a nice 'family portrait... Jun 5 2015, 12:44 AM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy QUOTE (vikingmars @ Jun 3 2015, 05:39 PM)... Jun 5 2015, 04:10 PM

Ian R What a wonderful experiment! I have nothing of... Jun 5 2015, 04:54 PM

jgoldader Somebody stop him! He's doing science... Jun 5 2015, 05:59 PM

ZLD QUOTE (Daniele_bianchino_Italy @ Jun 5 2015, ... Jun 5 2015, 06:05 PM

RotoSequence Excellent stuff, Daniele! If you've still... Jun 5 2015, 06:07 PM

ngunn I love to see an experiment, and the cartoon scena... Jun 5 2015, 08:42 PM

Gladstoner Same thing, different day (i.e. TIF flipped, JPG... Jun 5 2015, 10:52 PM

Bill Harris QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Jun 5 2015, 05:52 PM)... Jun 6 2015, 01:44 AM

Gladstoner QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Jun 5 2015, 08:44 PM... Jun 6 2015, 03:42 AM

scalbers Here's a map update with the latest images add... Jun 5 2015, 11:07 PM

antipode QUOTE http://mondialieni.altervista.org/1_Ceres_..... Jun 6 2015, 06:37 AM

SFJCody I'm really enjoying Ceres now. A great interme... Jun 6 2015, 09:11 AM

ngunn Looking back at this image I now think the big mou... Jun 6 2015, 09:20 AM

Gladstoner QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 6 2015, 04:20 AM) Look... Jun 6 2015, 05:26 PM

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