[meteorite-list] Kepler Crater As Seen By SMART-1

From: Mark Abbott <Mark_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jun 30 19:30:03 2006
Message-ID: <44A5B3F1.1080105_at_mor-designs.com>

That was my thought at first, but the ground resolution is approx. 150
meters per pixel, so I wouldn't think so... way too big for the
spacecrafts shadow.

Mark

Gerald Flaherty wrote:

> THE SHADOW OF THE SPACECRAFT??
> Jerry Flaherty
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Abbott" <Mark_at_mor-designs.com>
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> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 5:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Kepler Crater As Seen By SMART-1
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>
>>
>> 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
>>>
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