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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 #101
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 If the modified terrain is an ejecta sheet, then w... Apr 30 2015, 11:37 PM

Astro0 They must have fixed it. Here's the comparis... May 1 2015, 12:42 AM

fredk That was quick! But you can still see the rev... May 1 2015, 03:09 AM

JohnVV the other day i did notice a issue with the jpg... May 1 2015, 03:52 AM

Astro0 QUOTE (fredk @ May 1 2015, 01:09 PM) That... May 1 2015, 06:06 AM

Phil Stooke A third south polar view was just released: http:... May 1 2015, 06:30 PM

Gerald QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 1 2015, 07:30 PM... May 3 2015, 01:58 PM

Gladstoner Just sayin'.... May 1 2015, 07:33 PM

Sherbert Returning to the infamous SPOT 5 (3 spots). Very p... May 1 2015, 08:36 PM

JohnVV reposting a image i posted on a different forum on... May 1 2015, 08:44 PM

Habukaz Any observation on 4 May will have nothing to do w... May 1 2015, 08:59 PM

scalbers They do mention making observations on May 3-4, an... May 1 2015, 09:26 PM

Habukaz QUOTE (scalbers @ May 1 2015, 11:26 PM) T... May 1 2015, 10:10 PM

Gladstoner Even though the image releases has been limited, i... May 1 2015, 09:29 PM

Steve G It's interesting to see the number of crater p... May 2 2015, 12:09 AM

Explorer1 The result of the presence of plenty of binaries i... May 2 2015, 01:23 AM

TheAnt QUOTE (Explorer1 @ May 2 2015, 03:23 AM) ... May 2 2015, 11:18 AM

Hungry4info Asteroid binaries aren't restricted to radius ... May 2 2015, 01:27 AM

Sherbert Part of the IAU definition of a planet is that it ... May 2 2015, 12:02 PM

Julius Given all the hype about water detection at Ceres ... May 2 2015, 07:41 PM

Gerald and north-polar projected versions: May 3 2015, 01:59 PM

wildespace Those are fantastic images we're getting now. ... May 3 2015, 06:23 PM

scalbers It would indeed be nice to augment any newer hi-re... May 3 2015, 06:32 PM

Gerald Here versions colorized with the map wildspace pro... May 3 2015, 07:40 PM

Habukaz Gerald's projections makes it is easier to see... May 4 2015, 01:58 PM

Habukaz New image is out, this one also it shows the previ... May 4 2015, 05:01 PM

Phil Stooke "It also looks like this crater could be quit... May 4 2015, 05:15 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 4 2015, 12:15 PM... May 4 2015, 07:22 PM

ZLD The gully in the latest image is really interestin... May 4 2015, 07:50 PM

Gladstoner The curving or otherwise non-linear nature of the ... May 4 2015, 09:18 PM

Gladstoner The rough patch of ground here ( from 1st of 4 rec... May 4 2015, 10:23 PM

TheAnt QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 5 2015, 12:23 AM)... May 5 2015, 10:28 AM

Gladstoner QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 4 2015, 05:23 PM)... May 5 2015, 10:12 PM

dvandorn Now, that looks like an ejecta sheet to me. Why? ... May 5 2015, 03:40 AM

Gladstoner Again, what is the source of the ejecta? The imagi... May 5 2015, 04:23 AM

Phil Stooke It's right next door to its basin (left edge)... May 5 2015, 09:34 AM

Gladstoner QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 5 2015, 03:34 AM... May 5 2015, 07:14 PM

RotoSequence Holding steady at one image per day, RC3 image #5:... May 5 2015, 05:09 PM

ZLD Some interesting features in RC3-5 (PIA19536). In... May 5 2015, 05:43 PM

Ken2 QUOTE (ZLD @ May 5 2015, 09:43 AM) Some i... May 5 2015, 10:10 PM

Gladstoner New image: PIA19538: Dawn RC3 Image 6 http://phot... May 6 2015, 07:00 PM

antipode Is that a big central peak peering over the limb a... May 6 2015, 10:15 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE (antipode @ May 6 2015, 05:15 PM) I... May 7 2015, 12:06 AM

Habukaz A new image from RC3 has been released, and we are... May 7 2015, 04:13 PM

Steve G According to their Facebook page, at this Saturday... May 8 2015, 04:12 AM

Habukaz Now we got an image that shows mostly the dayside ... May 8 2015, 04:27 PM

Gladstoner QUOTE Now we got an image that shows mostly the da... May 8 2015, 10:25 PM

Ken2 New image has 2 blotches - the blue one in particu... May 8 2015, 05:11 PM

Ken2 QUOTE (Ken2 @ May 8 2015, 09:11 AM) New i... May 11 2015, 05:31 PM

ZLD The red circled area looks like a barely resolved ... May 8 2015, 05:47 PM

Gladstoner World Ceres! May 8 2015, 07:17 PM

nprev Those look a lot more like data dropouts or someth... May 8 2015, 07:44 PM

Gladstoner Is the latest image true 1x1 aspect ratio? It may ... May 8 2015, 07:58 PM

Gladstoner A thought.... There appears to be a number of bro... May 8 2015, 11:06 PM

wildespace Catalogue entries for PIA19336 and PIA19337 have b... May 10 2015, 08:41 AM

Gladstoner The feature here: May be the same as this: May 10 2015, 10:49 PM

belleraphon1 RC3 May 4th Rotation http://photojournal.jpl.nas... May 11 2015, 01:58 PM

jgoldader QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ May 11 2015, 08:58 ... May 11 2015, 02:45 PM

Bjorn Jonsson QUOTE (jgoldader @ May 11 2015, 02:45 PM)... May 11 2015, 03:46 PM

Floyd Lots of little white spots showing up around the g... May 11 2015, 02:45 PM

Habukaz Wow, there's a lot of stuff to take in in that... May 11 2015, 02:52 PM

hendric Yeah, I give up, I have no clue what the heck doub... May 11 2015, 02:57 PM

MarsInMyLifetime QUOTE (hendric @ May 11 2015, 09:57 AM) Y... May 11 2015, 03:31 PM

Phil Stooke My version of this new image. The 'rifts... May 11 2015, 03:15 PM

Habukaz Looking at them again, that explanation makes sens... May 11 2015, 03:28 PM

elakdawalla Some of those "rifts" look a lot like th... May 11 2015, 03:29 PM

dudley The shapes of the bright spots still look blocky t... May 11 2015, 04:08 PM

Paolo according to Co-I Dr. Tom McCord White spots on Ce... May 11 2015, 04:12 PM

fredk If this is an icy body strike, then you still have... May 11 2015, 04:23 PM

Bjorn Jonsson I don't think this could be only due to topogr... May 11 2015, 05:20 PM

Gladstoner This is a heck of a mountain: May 11 2015, 05:55 PM

fredk QUOTE (Gladstoner @ May 11 2015, 06:55 PM... May 11 2015, 06:25 PM

Floyd There are many small white spots scattered around ... May 11 2015, 06:10 PM

ZLD Interesting looking feature extending from the sur... May 11 2015, 06:12 PM

pitcapuozzo According to the flight plan (if I understand it c... May 11 2015, 06:23 PM

Gladstoner A possible scenario comes to mind.... - In the di... May 11 2015, 06:42 PM

pitcapuozzo Just another image of the 4? km high mountain. May 11 2015, 07:22 PM

Gladstoner The area corresponding with Piazzi: The dark mo... May 11 2015, 07:25 PM

Gladstoner Bright spots: a family portrait: Image 3 featur... May 11 2015, 07:52 PM

MarsInMyLifetime It may soon be time for some underexposed frames t... May 11 2015, 08:02 PM

fredk QUOTE (MarsInMyLifetime @ May 11 2015, 09... May 12 2015, 03:12 PM

alk3997 Could the change in frame 16 just be the result of... May 12 2015, 03:52 PM

Habukaz There's also this feature that looks like a th... May 11 2015, 08:04 PM

Webscientist Well found! I've performed a rough calcu... May 12 2015, 10:31 AM

Zelenyikot It look like volcano May 11 2015, 09:36 PM

Phil Stooke Wow, that is really good! Thanks. Phil May 11 2015, 09:59 PM

ZLD I'd say its a good candidate for a volcano lik... May 11 2015, 10:15 PM

Bjorn Jonsson QUOTE (Zelenyikot @ May 11 2015, 09:36 PM... May 11 2015, 10:16 PM

Sherbert To take stock after the RC3 images. In addition to... May 11 2015, 11:23 PM

Gladstoner Speaking of left field ( ) .... I can't hel... May 12 2015, 01:19 AM

MarsInMyLifetime I have to agree that this hill is volcano-like in ... May 12 2015, 03:10 AM

Habukaz It's certainly a very interesting-looking feat... May 12 2015, 09:33 AM

ZLD Heres another way of viewing the mound in RC3. Cen... May 12 2015, 02:57 PM

fredk Definitely they get brighter, but they also develo... May 12 2015, 04:23 PM

ZLD Made a flyover for 'Spot 5' as well. (cl... May 12 2015, 05:27 PM

pitcapuozzo Do we have any albedo information at this point on... May 12 2015, 05:30 PM

Gerald The bright spots should be much closer to albedo 1... May 12 2015, 05:44 PM

Ken2 I'll admit the new images are perplexing of sp... May 12 2015, 06:06 PM

Gerald Another mechanism, I could imagine, are landslides... May 12 2015, 06:52 PM

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