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 Sep 15 2005, 06:21 AM
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First color image! (+ rotation sequence + CG animations... )
The synthesized pseudo-color image of Itokawa which took by Hayabusa Very poor colors, indeed. Here an enhanced version:
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Sep 15 2005, 06:26 AM
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Nice Rotation sequence too ...
 
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Sep 15 2005, 02:33 PM
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If Deep Space 1 could have imaged Braille more clearly, would it have looked like Itokawa?
Any chance that Braille can be radar-imaged from Earth? -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Sep 15 2005, 02:34 PM
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Sep 15 2005, 02:38 PM
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Noticeable rotation between the filters there.....
Almost anaglyphable  . Doug |
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Sep 15 2005, 03:07 PM
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And to think we were worried about slow release of data. Puts ESA to shame. Anyone dug up a link to the raws yet?
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Sep 15 2005, 03:13 PM
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QUOTE (paxdan @ Sep 13 2005, 06:11 PM) This is turing into quite a coup for JAXA. Indeed. I'm just finishing up Roving Mars, and if the Hayabusa team is feeling anything like the pressure the MER team felt due to the previous Mars mission failures, they must be jumping for joy. Though there is still a lot for Hayabusa to do before its mission ends, congratulations to all at JAXA for the success so far! -------------------- --O'Dave
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Sep 15 2005, 03:14 PM
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Is that the actual size of the asteroid on the original images - or do you think the images have been reized down at all?
And look at that rock sticking out of the asteroid in the "270" image rotation sequence 
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Sep 15 2005, 03:37 PM
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QUOTE (Sunspot @ Sep 15 2005, 04:14 PM) Is that the actual size of the asteroid on the original images - or do you think the images have been reized down at all? The AMICA CCD is 1024x1024 with a FOV of 5.7 degrees. The images are captioned saying they represent a 2 degree FOV, and this image is 363x368 so i would say yes, they have been cropped.
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Sep 15 2005, 03:39 PM
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If it was MER they would be an ESF
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Sep 15 2005, 03:54 PM
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QUOTE (Sunspot @ Sep 15 2005, 03:14 PM) And look at that rock sticking out of the asteroid in the "270" image rotation sequence  You can see it on 135 through 225. Looks a bit flattened and mesa-like. On 180 and 196 the "bird in flight" shaped shadow turns up quite clearly. |
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Sep 15 2005, 04:27 PM
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QUOTE (paxdan @ Sep 15 2005, 03:37 PM) The AMICA CCD is 1024x1024 with a FOV of 5.7 degrees. The images are captioned saying they represent a 2 degree FOV, and this image is 363x368 so i would say yes, they have been cropped. One has to remember that Nereus was the original target for the mission. Due to a launch slip, this opportunity was lost so they moved on to this asteroid. Nereus is much larger and would have filled more of the field. It is important to remember that while the images look small, they are similar in resolution to a high resolution MOC image - this is just a very little asteroid! Also remember that when it goes in to sample and deploy Minerva, it will obtain images from closer range, which will be larger. As for the raws, I am very happy with the fact that they have released PNG versions of a lot of the releases so there haven't been JPEG effects in the press images, making them closer to raw. And the images are supposed to be released in both some Japanese archive AND on NASA's PDS after the year-long proprietary period. So this won't be like dealing with ESA. I think that part of the reason that JAXA hasn't crowed about its planetary missions more in the past is that it hasn't had much to crow about, especially with regard to things that would garner public interest. In other areas, it has been much better. Look at Yohkoh (I hope I spelled that right), their highly successful solar satellite. They were extremely cooperative in releasing all the data immediatly and cooperating with NASA and NOAA. And their press releases, while a bit awkward due to the extreme language barier, are at least informed and accurate. -------------------- |
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Sep 15 2005, 04:48 PM
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Two other protruding features can be seen in 30-225:
Looks like the best view of them is in 196 - almost like a flat plate sticking out sideways. Or, in keeping with our past feline themes, "cat ears" in 225
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Sep 15 2005, 04:51 PM
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Update
*Hayabusa has performed a short chemical-thruster burn which slowed its speed by 7 cm per second. It's begun hovering operations. Is in good health, all instruments functioning normally. (It looks like a sweet potato  )
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Sep 15 2005, 05:00 PM
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(It looks like a sweet potato
)[/quote] Actually it looks like a potato spinning in the microwave... |
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