[meteorite-list] Kepler Crater As Seen By SMART-1
From: Mark Abbott <Mark_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jun 30 17:17:54 2006 Message-ID: <44A594FC.2040103_at_mor-designs.com> Ron, Just curious. What's that small black dot in the upper right corner that slowly drifts off the picture to the right over several shots? Mark Abbott Ron Baalke wrote: >http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMBGLVT0PE_index_0.html > >Kepler Crater as seen by SMART-1 >European Space Agency >30 June 2006 > >This animation, made from images taken by the advanced Moon Imaging >Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows Kepler crater >on the Moon. > >AMIE obtained this sequence on 13 January 2006 from a distance ranging >between 1613 and 1702 kilometres from the surface, with a ground >resolution between 146 and 154 metres per pixel. > >The imaged area is centred at a latitude of 37.8? South and longitude >9.0? East. Kepler is a small young crater situated between Oceanus >Procellarum and Mare Insularum. It has a diameter of 32 km and it is 2.6 >kilometres deep. > >Kepler displays a ray system that overlaps with rays from other craters >and which extends over 300 kilometres. The outer wall shows a slightly >polygonal shape. The interior walls of the crater are slumped and >slightly terraced, and descend to an uneven floor and a minor central rise. > > > >[Anaglyph image of Kepler crater] > >This particular sequence of images demonstrates the so called 'tracking >mode' of the SMART-1 spacecraft, used to track a fixed target when >flying over it. While flying over Kepler, the clear filter of the camera >was always pointed to the same position. > >To stay within the thermal constraints, the spacecraft had to change its >roll during the images acquisition, thus the image is slightly rotated >when passing from one frame to the next. > >Thanks to the tracking mode it is possible to obtain information about >the size and roughness properties of the soil. It also allows multiple >stereo views of the target's topography. > >Kepler crater is named after Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German >astronomer known for his three laws of planetary motion. > > > >For more information > >Jean-Luc Josset, SPACE-X Space Exploration Institute >Email: jean-luc.josset _at_ space-x.ch > >Bernard H. Foing, ESA SMART-1 Project Scientist >Email: bernard.foing _at_ esa.int > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > Received on Fri 30 Jun 2006 05:17:48 PM PDT |
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