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First geologic map of Ganymede made with Voyager data
- devindotcom 13y agoThis is gorgeous stuff. I can't get the PDF to render the way it looks on the USGS site, though. Lots of layers and outlines. Looks the same in Foxit and Sumatra.
- deletes 13y agohttp://www.space.com/images/i/000/036/889/original/ganymede-map.jpg?1392246285 http://www.space.com/images/i/000/036/889/original/ganymede-... Found it using google image search with the small image in the article. I had to narrow the search to find the original source. Original source: http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/multimedia/ganymede-pia17901/ http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/multimedia/ganymede-pia17901/ Article: http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/news/ganymede20140212/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/news/ganymede20140212/index.html
- throwaway_yy2Di 13y agoImagine the satellite images we could be looking at, if NASA had different funding priorities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Orbiter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Orbiter [pdf] http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/38185/1/05-3441.pdf http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/38185/1/05... tl;dr: A low-orbiting (100-200 km), 37-ton science probe, jumping from moon to moon using nuclear-powered ion rockets. * 1.5 tons of science instruments * 1 meter telescope (25 cm surface resolution) * 100 kW power supply
- tephra 13y agoHere is a link to the companion paper published in 2010 for anyone interested: http://www.planetary.brown.edu/pdfs/3805.pdf http://www.planetary.brown.edu/pdfs/3805.pdf