[meteorite-list] NEAR Shoemaker Image Of They Day - February 12, 2001

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:41:09 2004
Message-ID: <200102121827.KAA23373_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

                 NEAR image of the day for 2001 Feb 12 (B)
    
                 http://near.jhuapl.edu/iod/20010212b/

                Landmarks at NEAR Shoemaker's Touchdown Site

          This map projection of NEAR Shoemaker images shows
          locations and sizes of landmarks surrounding the
          spacecraft's planned landing site. Diameters of craters
          are shown in red, and diameters of boulders are shown in
          yellow. Diameters are given in units of meters (1 meter
          is about 3.3 feet). Coordinates along the left side of
          the map are degrees south latitude and coordinates along
          the bottom are degrees west longitude.

          The six yellow "footprint" boxes represent approximate
          image size at 500, 1,000, 1,500, 2,000, 2,500 and 3,000
          meters above the surface during descent. The spacecraft
          will take pictures continuously between each spot. The
          arrow marks the estimated touchdown site.

          Mosaic made from images taken January 25, 2001, from an
          altitude of about 25 kilometers (16 miles).
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          Built and managed by The Johns Hopkins University
          Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland,
          NEAR-Shoemaker was the first spacecraft launched in
          NASA's Discovery Program of low-cost, small-scale
          planetary missions. See the NEAR web site for more
          details (http://near.jhuapl.edu).
Received on Mon 12 Feb 2001 01:27:55 PM PST